University of California Publications in Zoology 



TABLE 1. The Iguanine Genera 



Genus 

 (common name) 



Number of 

 Species 



Habits 



Geograpiiic 

 Distribution 



Amblyrhynchus Bell 1825 

 (Marine Iguanas) 



BrachylophusWagler 1830 

 (Banded Iguanas) 



Conolophus Fi\zingcT 1843 

 (Galapagos Land Iguanas) 



Clenosaura Wiegmann 1828 

 (Spiny-tailed Iguanas) 



Cyclura Harlan 1824 



(West Indian Ground Iguanas) 



Terrestrial 



Dipsosaurus Hallowell 1854 

 (Desert Iguanas) 



Iguana Laurenti 1768 

 (Green Iguanas) 



SauromalusYyumtnl 1856 

 (Chuckwallas) 



Terrestrial 



Arboreal 



Terrestrial, saxicolous 



The Bahama Islands; Cayman 

 Islands; Navassa, Mona, and 

 Anegada islands; and Cuba, 

 Hispaniola, and Jamaica, and 

 their nearby islets. 



Deserts of the southwestern 

 United States, northwestern 

 mainland Mexico, Baja 

 California, and various islands 

 in the Gulf of California. 



Lowlands of Mexico, Central 

 America, and South America to 

 southern Brazil and Paraguay; 

 in the Caribbean northward 

 through the Lesser Antilles to 

 the Virgin Islands. 



Deserts of the southwestern 

 United States, northwestern 

 mainland Mexico, Baja 

 California, and various islands 

 in the Gulf of California. 



Sources: Etheridge (1982) and Gibbons (1981). 



