A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Iguanidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Marine IguanaAmblyrhynchus cristatus Bell, 1825 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central Fijian Banded IguanaBrachylophus bulabula Fisher, Harlow, Edwards & Keogh, 2008 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fiji Banded IguanaBrachylophus fasciatus (Brongniart, 1800) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fiji Crested lguanaBrachylophus vitiensis Gibbons, 1981 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Campeche Spiny-tailed IguanaCachryx alfredschmidti (Köhler, 1995) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yucatán Spinytail IguanaCachryx defensor Cope, 1866 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galápagos pink land iguanaConolophus marthae Gentile & Snell, 2009 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Santa Fe Land IguanaConolophus pallidus Heller, 1903 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galapagos Land IguanaConolophus subcristatus (Gray, 1831) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northeastern Spinytail IguanaCtenosaura acanthura (Shaw, 1802) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baker's Spinytail IguanaCtenosaura bakeri Stejneger, 1901 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Balsas Armed LizardCtenosaura clarki Bailey, 1928 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| San Esteban Spinytail IguanaCtenosaura conspicuosa Dickerson, 1919 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-backed Spiny-tailed IguanaCtenosaura flavidorsalis Köhler & Klemmer, 1994 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Baja California Spiny- tailed IguanaCtenosaura hemilopha (Cope, 1863) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Spinytail IguanaCtenosaura macrolopha Smith, 1972 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-chested Spiny-tailed IguanaCtenosaura melanosterna Buckley & Axtell, 1997 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nolasco Spiny-tailed IguanaCtenosaura nolascensis Smith, 1972 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oaxaca Spiny-tailed IguanaCtenosaura oaxacana Köhler & Hasbun, 2001 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roatan Spiny-tailed IguanaCtenosaura oedirhina de Queiroz, 1987 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Motagua Spiny-tailed IguanaCtenosaura palearis Stejneger, 1899 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guerreran Spiny-tailed IguanaCtenosaura pectinata (Wiegmann, 1834) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Five-keeled Spiny-tailed IguanaCtenosaura quinquecarinata (Gray, 1842) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black IguanaCtenosaura similis (Gray, 1831) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Turks & Caicos IguanaCyclura carinata Harlan, 1824 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hispaniolan Rhinoceros IguanaCyclura cornuta (Bonnaterre, 1789) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclura cychlura (Cuvier, 1829) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Grand Cayman Blue IguanaCyclura lewisi Grant, 1941 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anegada Ground IguanaCyclura pinguis Barbour, 1917 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ricord's Ground IguanaCyclura ricordii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White Cay Ground IguanaCyclura rileyi Stejneger, 1903 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desert IguanaDipsosaurus dorsalis (Baird & Girard, 1852) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Green IguanaIguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spiny ChuckwallaSauromalus hispidus Stejneger, 1891 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Catalina ChuckwallaSauromalus klauberi Shaw, 1941 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Piebald ChuckwallaSauromalus varius Dickerson, 1919 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.