Brachylophus vitiensis

Brachylophus vitiensis is a Espèce of iguana which lives in the islands Fiji.

It is a Reptile diurnal and arboricolous of squat aspect, with a massive head and a rather long tail. It is green more or less dark, with rather fine transverse bands very clear green. The back is traversed by a modest peak of size.

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References

Alberts, A.C.; Casing, R.L. ; Beam, W.K. & Martins, E.P. (eds.) 2004. Iguanas - Biology and Conservation . University off California Close, 356 pp.
Burns, E.L. ; Costello, B.H.; Houlden, B.A. 2007. Three evolutionary significant units for conservation in the iguanid genus Brachylophus . Pacific Conservation Biology 123 (1): 64-78
Colgan, D.J.; Da Costa, P. 1997. Genetic discrimination between the iguanas Brachylophus vitiensis and Brachylophus fasciatus Newspaper off Herpetology 31 (4): 589-591
Gibbons, J.R.H. 1984. Iguanas off the South Pacific . Oryx 18:82 - 91.
Gibbons, John R.H. 1984. Wildlife ace Canon sees it: With photographic heritage for all generations: Fijian Crested Iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) . National Geographic 166 (3): unnumbered
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Zug, G.R. 1991. The lizards off Fiji: Natural history and systematics . Bishop Driven. Bull. Zool. 2:1 - 136

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