Phelsuma re: Madagascar Iguanas

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Posted by iZ's mom on February 15, 1999 at 19:17:20:

from Melissa Kaplin:
Your green iguana (Iguana iguana) is related to some 700 other species of iguanids, including the desert iguana and chuckawalla (also spelled chuckwalla) of the American Southwest deserts; the spiny-tailed, or black, iguana of North and Central America; the Gal�pagos iguanas (marine: and land); the so-called forest chameleons or helmeted iguanas and casque-headed iguanas of Central and South America; the rock and rhino iguanas found on scattered Caribbean islands ***even iguanids on such far flung islands as Madagascar (called swifts: Chalarodon and Oplurus) ***and Fiji.

The Iguaniae subfamily, ..., contains the large, strictly herbivorous iguanids. Other traits of these lizards include their relatively large body size and diurnal habits. All are ectotherms who behaviorally thermoregulate their body temperatures, and all lay eggs in deep burrows. They typically live in dry or rainless or essentially rainless areas, and may be subjected to seasonal unavailability of foods or seasonal swings in the nutritional content of their food sources.
Burghardt, Gordon, A. Stanley Rand. 1982. Iguanas of the World: Their Behavior, Ecology and Conservation. Noyes Publishing, Park Ridge, NJ.

Kaplan, Melissa. 1996. http://www.sonic.net/~melissk/genus.html
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pix and INFO on Madagascar Igs (aka: swifts)
http://baskingspot.com/iguanas/iguanids/index.html

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: from Melissa Kaplin: : Your green iguana (Iguana iguana) is related to some 700 other species of iguanids, including the desert iguana and chuckawalla (also spelled chuckwalla) of the American Southwest deserts; the spiny-tailed, or black, iguana of North and Central America; the Gal�pagos iguanas (marine: and land); the so-called forest chameleons or helmeted iguanas and casque-headed iguanas of Central and South America; the rock and rhino iguanas found on scattered Caribbean islands ***even iguanids on such far flung islands as Madagascar (called swifts: Chalarodon and Oplurus) ***and Fiji. : : The Iguaniae subfamily, ..., contains the large, strictly herbivorous iguanids. Other traits of these lizards include their relatively large body size and diurnal habits. All are ectotherms who behaviorally thermoregulate their body temperatures, and all lay eggs in deep burrows. They typically live in dry or rainless or essentially rainless areas, and may be subjected to seasonal unavailability of foods or seasonal swings in the nutritional content of their food sources. : Burghardt, Gordon, A. Stanley Rand. 1982. Iguanas of the World: Their Behavior, Ecology and Conservation. Noyes Publishing, Park Ridge, NJ. : Kaplan, Melissa. 1996. http://www.sonic.net/~melissk/genus.html : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : pix and INFO on Madagascar Igs (aka: swifts) : http://baskingspot.com/iguanas/iguanids/index.html

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