.::::: Lizards of the World - Iguania :::::.
Last update: 5 July, 2004

The Iguania was previously considered to be the three families Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae and Iguanidae, the last of which was made of a range of subfamilies. These subfamilies have recently been elevated to own families.

Agamidae
- Agaminae
Acanthocercus
Acanthosaura
Agama
Amphibolurus
Aphaniotis
Brachysaura
Bronchocela
Bufoniceps
Caimanops
Calotes
Ceratophora
Chelsonia
Chlamydosaurus
Complicitus
Cophotis
Coryophophylax
Cryptagama
Ctenophorus
Dendragama
Diporiphora
Draco
Gonocephalus
Harpesaurus
Hydrosaurus
Hypsicalotes
Hypsilurus
Japalura
Laudakia
Lophocalotes
Lophognathus
Lyriocephalus
Mantheyus
Mictopholis
Oreodeira
Otocryptis
Paracalotes
Phoxophrys
Phrynocephalus
Physignathus
Pogona
Pseudocalotes
Pseudocophotis
Psammophilus
Pseudotrapelus
Ptyctolaemus
Rankinia
Salea
Sitana
Trapelus
Tympanocryptis
Xenagama
- Leiolepinae
Leiolepis
Uromastyx
 
Chamaeleonidae
- Brookesiinae
Brookesia
Rhampholeon
- Chamaeleoninae
Bradypodion
Calumma
Chamaeleo
Furcifer
Corytophanidae
Basiliscus
Corytophanes
Laemanctus
 
Crotaphytidae
Crotaphytus
Gambelia
 
Hoplocercidae
Enyalioides
Hoplocercus
Morunasaurus
 
Iguanidae
Amblyrhynchus
Brachylophus
Conolophus
Ctenosaura
Cyclura
Dipsosaurus
Iguana
Sauromalus
 
Opluridae
Chalarodon
Oplurus
 
Phrynosomatidae
Callisaurus
Cophosaurus
Holbrookia
Petrosaurus
Phrynosoma
Sator
Sceloporus
Uma
Urosaurus
Uta
 
Polychrotidae
Anisolepis
Anolis
Diplolaemus
Enyalius
Leiosaurus
Phenacosaurus
Polychrus
Pristidactylus
Urostrophus
 
Tropiduridae
- Leiocephalinae
Leiocephalus
- Liolaeminae
Ctenoblepharys
Liolaemus
Phymaturus
- Tropidurinae
Eurolophosaurus
Microlophus
Plesiomicrolophus
Plica
Stenocercus
Tropidurus
Uracentron
Uranoscodon
Literature
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