Belongs within: Iguania.
Contains: Callisaurus.
The Iguanidae, iguanas, are a primarily Neotropical family of mostly herbivorous lizards with a squat, stocky build.
<==Iguanidae [Iguaninae]BG20
|--Dipsosaurus dorsalisSVL03, GWN71
`--+--BrachylophusSVL03
| |--B. fasciatusGWN71
| `--B. vitiensisWS02
`--SauromalusSVL03
|--S. aterBG20
|--S. australisLM-CM05
|--S. hispidusHS75
|--S. obesusMH11
`--S. varius Dickerson 1919NR64
Iguanidae incertae sedis:
Ophyoessoides aculeatusDS86
Pristiguana brasiliensis Estes & Price 1973B93
Streptosaurus mearnsiF71
Ctenosaura pectinataGWN71
Cophosaurus texanusLM-CM05
Swainiguanoides milleriLBG12
SuzaniwanaLBG12
AnolbanolisLBG12
TemujiniaLBG12
ZapsosaurusLBG12
Pariguana Longrich, Bhullar & Gauthier 2012LBG12
`--*P. lancensis Longrich, Bhullar & Gauthier 2012LBG12
ConolophusDS86
|--C. pallidusUSDI77
`--C. subcristatusRJ11
HolbrookiaF71
|--H. maculataLM-CM05
`--H. texanaF71
CycluraRFN02
|--C. collei (Gray 1845)H81
|--C. cornutaGWN71
| |--C. c. cornutaH81
| `--C. c. onchiopsis (Cope 1885) [incl. C. nigerrima Cope 1886]H81
|--C. macleayiGWN71
|--C. mattea Miller 1918H81
|--C. nubilaWS02
|--C. pinguisUSDI77
`--C. portoricensis Barbour 1919H81
CallisaurusF71
IguanaSVL03
|--I. agamaB00
|--I. basilicusB00
|--I. calotesB00
|--I. cycluraG42
|--I. delicatissimaGWN71
|--I. fasciata Brongniart 1800B00
|--I. iguanaGWN71
|--I. marmorataB00
|--I. principalis (Linnaeus 1758)B00, L58 [=Lacerta principalisB00; incl. L. bimaculataB00]
|--I. strumosa (Linnaeus 1758)B00, L58 (see below for synonymy)
|--I. tuberculataM90
`--I. umbraB00
Iguana strumosa (Linnaeus 1758)B00, L58 [=Lacerta strumosaB00; incl. L. bullaris Linnaeus 1758B00, L58, Ameiva bullosaB00]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B93] Benton, M. J. 1993. Reptilia. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 681–715. Chapman & Hall: London.
[B00] Brongniart, A. 1800. Essai d’une classification naturelle des reptiles. IIe partie. Formation et disposition des genres. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societé Philomathique de Paris 2 (36): 89–91.
[BG20] Burbrink, F. T., F. G. Grazziotin, R. A. Pyron, D. Cundall, S. Donnellan, F. Irish, J. S. Keogh, F. Kraus, R. W. Murphy, B. Noonan, C. J. Raxworthy, S. Ruane, A. R. Lemmon, E. M. Lemmon & H. Zaher. 2020. Interrogating genomic-scale data for Squamata (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians) shows no support for key traditional morphological relationships. Systematic Biology 69 (3): 502–520.
[DS86] Dixon, J. R., & P. Soini. 1986. The Reptiles of the Upper Amazon Basin, Iquitos Region, Peru. Milwaukee Public Museum: Milwaukee.
[F71] Ferguson, G. W. 1971. Variation and evolution of the push-up displays of the side-blotched lizard genus Uta (Iguanidae). Systematic Zoology 20 (1): 79–101.
[GWN71] Gorman, G. C., A. C. Wilson & M. Nakanishi. 1971. A biochemical approach towards the study of reptilian phylogeny: evolution of serum albumin and lactic dehydrogenase. Systematic Zoology 20 (2): 167–185.
[G42] Gulliver, G. 1842. Observations on the muscular fibres of the oesophagus and heart in some of the vertebrate animals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 63–72.
[HS75] Heatwole, H., & R. Seymour. 1975. Diving physiology. In: Dunson, W. A. (ed.) The Biology of Sea Snakes pp. 289–327. University Park Press.
[H81] Honegger, R. E. 1981. List of amphibians and reptiles either known or thought to have become extinct since 1600. Biological Conservation 19: 141–158.
[LM-CM05] Lindell, J., F. R. Méndez-de la Cruz & R. W. Murphy. 2005. Deep genealogical history without population differentiation: discordance between mtDNA and allozyme divergence in the zebra-tailed lizard (Callisaurus draconoides). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 682–694.
[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis revised 10th ed. vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.
[LBG12] Longrich, N. R., B.-A. S. Bhullar & J. A. Gauthier. 2012. Mass extinction of lizards and snakes at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 109 (52): 21396–21401.
[M90] McKay, W. J. 1890. The osteology and myology of the death adder (Acanthophis antarctica). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 4 (3): 893–986.
[NR64] Newell, I. M., & R. E. Ryckman. 1964. Hirstiella pyriformis sp. n. (Acari, Pterygosomidae), a new parasite of lizards from Baja California. Journal of Parasitology 50 (1): 163–171.
[RFN02] Raxworthy, C. J., M. R. J. Forstner & R. A. Nussbaum. 2002. Chameleon radiation by oceanic dispersal. Nature 415: 784–787.
[RJ11] Rising, J. D., A. Jaramillo, J. L. Copete, P. G. Ryan & S. C. Madge. 2011. Family Emberizidae (buntings and New World sparrows). In: Hoyo, J. del, A. Elliott & D. A. Christie (eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World vol. 16. Tanagers to New World Blackbirds pp. 428–683. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona.
[SVL03] Schulte, J. A., II, J. P. Valladares & A. Larson. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships within Iguanidae inferred using molecular and morphological data and a phylogenetic taxonomy of iguanian lizards. Herpetologia 59 (3): 399–419.
[USDI77] USDI (United States Department of the Interior). 1977. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants—republication of list of species. Federal Register 42: 36420–36431.
[WS02] Walter, D. E., & M. Shaw. 2002. First record of the mite Hirstiella diolii Baker (Prostigmata: Pterygosomatidae) from Australia, with a review of mites found on Australian lizards. Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 30–34.