Evolution of the iguanine lizards (Sauria, Iguanidae) as determined by osteological and myological characters

• Main Authors: Avery, David F., Tanner, Wilmer W.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 1971
• Subjects: Iguanas; Evolution; Anatomy; Botany; Physiology; Zoology; Galapagos; Tonga; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byuscib/vol12/iss3/1; https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/byuscib/article/1050/viewcontent/29116.pdf

The problem of phylogenic relationships within the iguanine phyletic line and the Madagascar iguanids have been investigated in order to explain the discontinuous distribution exhibited by the members of the family Iguanidae. Owing to inconclusive results from cytology and histological methods, the...