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{{Short description|Extinct genus of lizards}}
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'''''Lapitiguana impensa''''' is an [[extinction|extinct]] giant (1.5 m long) [[iguanid]] from [[Fiji]].<ref name = "Pregill">{{Cite journal
| last = Pregill | first = G. K.
| title = A New Iguanid Lizard (Squamata, Iguanidae) from the Late Quaternary of Fiji, Southwest Pacific
| journal = Herpetologica | volume = 59 | issue = 1 | pages = 57–67
| publisher = The Herpetologists' League
All extant Fijian iguanas are in the genus ''[[Brachylophus]]'', together with an [[Brachylophus gibbonsi|extinct species from Tonga]]. The closest living relatives of the [[Polynesia]]n iguanas are found in the Americas
| title = Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history
| journal = [[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B]] | volume = 363 | issue = 1508 | pages = 3413–3426
| publisher = [[Royal Society]]
==See also==
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Lapitiguana Temporal range: Holocene
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Natunaornis and Lapitiguana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Iguanidae |
Genus: | †Lapitiguana |
Species: | †L. impensa
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Binomial name | |
†Lapitiguana impensa Pregill & Worthy, 2003
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Lapitiguana impensa is an extinct giant (1.5 m long) iguanid from Fiji.[1] It probably became extinct following the human colonization of Fiji 3000 years ago.[1]
All extant Fijian iguanas are in the genus Brachylophus, together with an extinct species from Tonga. The closest living relatives of the Polynesian iguanas are found in the Americas.[2][3]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Pregill, G. K.; Worthy, T. H. (March 2003). "A New Iguanid Lizard (Squamata, Iguanidae) from the Late Quaternary of Fiji, Southwest Pacific". Herpetologica. 59 (1). The Herpetologists' League: 57–67. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0057:ANILSI]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Keogh, J. Scott; Edwards, Danielle L.; Fisher, Robert N.; Harlow, Peter S. (2008-10-27). "Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 363 (1508). Royal Society: 3413–3426. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0120. PMC 2607380. PMID 18782726.
- ^ Noonan, B.P.; Sites, J.W. Jr. (2009-11-24). "Tracing the origins of iguanid lizards and boine snakes of the Pacific". The American Naturalist. 175 (1). University of Chicago Press: 61–72. doi:10.1086/648607. PMID 19929634. S2CID 5882832.
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