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Taxonomy of the genus Brachylophus Biodiversity of the family Iguanidae

Bibliography of the genus
Brachylophus (Fiji Iguanas)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Iguanidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Brachylophus in general

Avery, D.F.; Tanner, W.W. 1970. Speciation in the Fijian and Tongan iguana Brachylophus (Sauria, Iguanidae) with the description of a new species. Great Basin Naturalist 30: 166-172.

Behler, J.L. 1980. Discovery of the crested iguana. Animal Kingdom 83(6): 22-24.

Burns, E.L.; Costello, B.H.; Houlden, B.A. 2006. Three evolutionarily significant units for conservation in the iguanid genus Brachylophus. Pacific Conservation Biology 12(1): 64-77.

Cogger, H.G. 1974. Voyage of the banded iguana. Australian Natural History 18(4): 144-149.

Colgan, D.J.; Costa, P. da 1997. Genetic discrimination between the iguanas Brachylophus vitiensis and Brachylophus fasciatus. Journal of Herpetology 31(4): 589-591.

Etheridge, R.E. 1982. Checklist of the iguanine and Malagasy iguanid lizards. pp. 7-37. In: Burghardt, G.M. & Rand, A.S. (eds.). Iguanas of the world: their behaviour, ecology and conservation. Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 472 pp.

Finnley, D. (ed.) 1979. Rulemaking actions. November 1979. Five foreign reptiles proposed as endangered. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin 4(12): 8.

Gibbons, J.R.H. 1981. The biogeography of Brachylophus (Iguanidae) including the description of a new species, B. vitiensis, from Fiji. Journal of Herpetology 15(3): 255-273.

Gibbons, J.R.H. 1984. Iguanas of the south Pacific. Oryx 18(2): 82-91.

Gibbons, J.R.H. 1985. The biogeography and evolution of Pacific island reptiles and amphibians. pp. 125-142. In: Grigg, G.; Shine, R. & Ehmann, H. (eds.). Biology of Australian frogs and reptiles. Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty & the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Chipping Norton (NSW). 527 pp.

Gibbons, J.R.H.; Watkins, I.F. 1982. Behavior, ecology and conservation of South Pacific banded iguanas, Brachylophus, including a newly discovered species. pp. 418-441. In: Burghardt, G.M. & Rand, A.S. (eds.). Iguanas of the world: their behaviour, ecology and conservation. Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 472 pp.

Harlow, P.S. 2004. Lost in the South Pacific: the iguanas (genus Brachylophus). Iguana (West Hartford) 11(4): 198-205.

Henkel, F.W. 1992. Zwischenlandung auf Fidji. Iguana Rundschreiben 1992(2): 31-32.

Keogh, J.S.; Edwards, D.L.; Fisher, R.N.; Harlow, P.S. 2008. Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history. Royal Society Philosophical Transactions Biological Sciences 363(1508): 3413-3426.

Köhler, G. 1991. Bibliographien der Gattungen Ctenosaura und Brachylophus. Iguana Rundschreiben 1991(2): 38-45.

Noonan, B.P.; Sites, J.W. 2010. Tracing the origins of iguanid lizards and boine snakes of the Pacific. American Naturalist 175(1): 61-72.

O'Shea, M.T. 1987. The iguanas of Fiji and Tonga. Herptile 12(3): 108-109, 111-124.

Pregill, G.K.; Dye, T. 1989. Prehistoric extinction of giant iguanas in Tonga. Copeia 1989(2): 505-508.

Pregill, G.K.; Steadman, D.W. 2004. South Pacific iguanas: human impacts and a new species. Journal of Herpetology 38(1): 15-21.

Rehak, I. 2006. Fiji iguanas: past, present and future. pp. 283-290. In: Hiddinga, B. (ed.). Proceedings of the EAZA Conference 2005, Bristol, 6-10 September 2005. EAZA Executive Office, Amsterdam. 348 pp.

Savage, J.M. 1952. The correct generic names for the iguanid lizards of Madagascar and the Fiji Islands. Copeia 1952: 182.

Steadman, D.W.; Pregill, G.K.; Burley, D.V. 2002. Rapid prehistoric extinction of iguanas and birds in Polynesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99(6): 3673-3677.

Temm, P. 1973. Aufzucht von Südsee-Leguanen. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 26: 392-393.

Waite, E.R. 1899. Note on the range of Crocodilus and Brachylophus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 24: 283-284.

Brachylophus bulabula

Fisher, R.N.; Thomson, P.; Watling, D.; Harlow, P.S. 2013. Natural history notes: Brachylophus bulabula (Fiji Banded Iguana). Predation. Herpetological Review 44(1): 140-141.

Frohlich, J.; Sutherland-Smith, M. 2013. Morbidity of Fiji Banded Iguanas (Brachylophus bulabula) in the San Diego Zoo collection from 2000-2010. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 23(3-4): 64-68.

Keogh, J.S.; Edwards, D.L.; Fisher, R.N.; Harlow, P.S. 2008. Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history. Royal Society Philosophical Transactions Biological Sciences 363(1508): 3413-3426.

Brachylophus fasciatus

Anonymous. 1982. Fijian iguana hatches. Zoonooz 55(1): 14-15.

Arnett, J.R. 1979. Breeding the Fiji banded iguana Brachylophus fasicatus at Knoxville Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 19: 78-79.

Avery, D.F.; Tanner, W.W. 1970. Speciation in the Fijian and Tongan iguana Brachylophus (Sauria, Iguanidae) with the description of a new species. Great Basin Naturalist 30: 166-172.

Carpenter, C.C.; Murphy, J.B. 1978. Aggressive behavior in the Fiji Island lizard Brachylophus fasciatus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Iguanidae). Journal of Herpetology 12(2): 251-252.

Finnley, D. (ed.) 1980. Rulemaking actions. March 1980. Five foreign reptiles listed as endangered. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin 5(4): 13.

Grant, M. 1977. The banded iguana. Herpetology 9(1): 1-4.

Greenberg, N.; Jenssen, T.A. 1982. Displays of captive banded iguanas, Brachylophus fasciatus. pp. 232-251. In: Burghardt, G.M. & Rand, A.S. (eds.). Iguanas of the world: their behaviour, ecology and conservation. Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 472 pp.

Griessel, H. 1995. Nachzucht des Fidschi-Leguans im Terrarium. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 48(9): 574-576.

Guinea, M.L. 1995. Eggshell characteristics of the banded sea krait (Laticauda colubrina) and the banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) from Fiji. South Pacific Journal of Natural Science 14: 169-186.

Harlow, P.S. 2003. Searching for Banded Iguanas in the Lau Islands, eastern Fiji. Iguana (West Hartford) 10(4): 103-107.

Harlow, P.S. 2004. The Pacific Banded Iguana: what we know about its conservation status. Iguana (West Hartford) 11(1): 35-36.

Ineich, I.; Fisher, R.N. 2016. Rediscovery of the 220-year-old holotype of the Banded Iguana, Brachylophus fasciatus (Brongniart, 1800) in the Paris Natural History Museum. Zootaxa 4138(2): 381-391.

Kinkaid, J. 1997. Captive breeding of the Fijian banded iguana at the San Diego Zoo. Vivarium (Lakeside) 8(5): 26-31.

Kinkaid, J. 2003. The history of Banded Iguanas in United States collections. Iguana (West Hartford) 10(4): 108-110.

Oliver, J.A. 1956. Lizards of the sea. Animal Kingdom 59: 148-151.

Reisinger, M. 1994. Haltung und Zucht des Kurzkamm-Fidji-Leguans Brachylophus fasciatus (Broyniart 1780). Iguana Rundschreiben 7(1)(13): 29-34.

Reisinger, M.; Köhler, G. 2004. Brachylophus fasciatus - Haltung und Nachzucht im Terrarium seit zehn Jahren. Salamandra 40(1): 37-50.

Rinke, D. 1986. The status of wildlife in Tonga. Oryx 20(3): 146-151.

Schafer, S. 1987. Whatever Lola wants. Zoonooz 60(3): 13.

Schmidt, J. 1998. Haltung und Zucht des Fidschi-Leguans, Brachylophus fasciatus. Iguana Rundschreiben 11(2)(20): 22-27.

Schmidt, J. 2003. Haltung und Vermehrung des Gebänderten Fidschi-Leguans (Brachylophus fasciatus Brongniart, 1800). Reptilia (D) 8(44): 56-63.

Shaw, C.E. 1966. The exiles. Zoonooz 39: 5-7.

Brachylophus gau

Fisher, R.N.; Niukula, J.; Watling, D.; Harlow, P.S. 2017. A new species of iguana Brachylophus Cuvier 1829 (Sauria: Iguania: Iguanidae) from Gau Island, Fiji Islands. Zootaxa 4273(3): 407–422.

Brachylophus vitiensis

Anonymous. 1982. Brachylophus vitiensis - the crested iguana. Tigerpaper (Bangkok) 9(1): 18.

Boylan, T. 1989. Reproduction of the Fijian crested iguana Brachylophus vitiensis at Taronga Zoo, Sydney. International Zoo Yearbook 28: 126-130.

Chand, R.; Niukula, J.; Vadada, J.; Fisher, R.; Lovich, K.; Pasachnik, S.A.; Rasalato, S.; Thaman, B.; Seniloli, E.; Tuamoto, T.; Yanuya, T.; Harlow, P. 2016. Captive breeding and re-introduction of the Monuriki Island Crested Iguana in Fiji. pp. 76-81. IUCN/SSC Re-Introduction Specialist Group & Environmental Agency, Abu Dhabi.

Cogger, H.G.; Sadlier, R.A. 1986. Population size and structure of the Fijian crested iguana. pp. 507-511. In: Rocek, Z. (ed.). Studies in herpetology. Proceedings of the European Herpetological Meeting (3rd Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica) Prague 1985. Charles University, Prague. 754 pp.

Gibbons, J.R.H. 1984. Discovery of a brand-new million-year-old iguana. Animal Kingdom 87(1): 23-30.

Harlow, P.S. 2004. The Fijian Crested Iguana: lost in the South Pacific. Iguana (West Hartford) 11(1): 36.

Harlow, P.S.; Biciloa, P.N. 2001. Abundance of the Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) on two islands. Biological Conservation 98(2): 223-231.

Harlow, P.S.; Fisher, M.; Tuiwawa, M.; Biciloa, P.N.; Palmeirim, J.M.; Mersai, C.; Naidu, S.; Naikatini, A.; Thaman, B.; Niukula, J.; Strand, E. 2007. The decline of the endemic Fijian crested iguana Brachylophus vitiensis in the Yasawa and Mamanuca archipelagos, western Fiji. Oryx 41(1): 44-50.

Morrison, C.; Keppel, G.; Thomas, N.; Rounds, I.; Harlow, P.S. 2009. Critically endangered Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) shows habitat preference for globally threatened tropical dry forest. Pacific Science 63(2): 223-242.

Morrison, C.; Osborne, T.; Harlow, P.S.; Thomas, N.; Biciloa, P.; Niukula, J. 2007. Diet and habitat preferences of the Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) on Yadua Taba, Fiji: implications for conservation. Australian Journal of Zoology 55(6): 341-350.

Morrison, S.F.; Harlow, P.S.; Keogh, J.S. 2009. Nesting ecology of the critically endangered Fijian crested iguana Brachylophus vitiensis in a Pacific tropical dry forest. Pacific Conservation Biology 15(2): 135-147.

Morrison, S.F.; Pita, B.; Harlow, P.S.; Keogh, J.S. 2013. Spatial ecology of the critically endangered Fijian Crested Iguana, Brachylophus vitiensis, in an extremely dense population: implications for conservation. PLoS ONE 8(9): 1-9.