| molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history. | the pacific iguanas of the fijian and tongan archipelagos are a biogeographic enigma in that their closest relatives are found only in the new world. they currently comprise two genera and four species of extinct and extant taxa. the two extant species, brachylophus fasciatus from fiji, tonga, and vanuatu and brachylophus vitiensis from western fiji, are of considerable conservation concern with b. vitiensis listed as critically endangered. a recent molecular study has shown that brachylophus co ... | 2008 | 18782726 |
| yolk coelomitis in fiji island banded iguanas (brachylophus fasciatus). | yolk coelomitis is a major cause of death in captive sexually mature female fiji island banded iguanas (brachylophus fasciatus) maintained by the zoological society of san diego. the medical records, breeding histories, and pathology archival materials from this group were reviewed to study this health problem. from 1987 through 2004, deaths of nine of 21 adult females were due to yolk coelomitis. most iguanas had a history of reproduction-related problems, which included reproductive failure, e ... | 2008 | 18634206 |
| the requirement for natural sunlight to prevent vitamin d deficiency in iguanian lizards. | to investigate possible causes of embryonic and neonatal mortality in a group of captive fijian iguanas (brachylophus fasciatus and brachylophus vitiensis), the vitamin d status of adults in the colony was compared with that of agamid and iguanid lizards either housed in indoor enclosures under artificial ultraviolet light or exposed to natural sunlight (wild-caught or captive animals housed outdoors). those under artificial lighting had a significantly lower vitamin d status than those housed e ... | 2001 | 12785683 |
| rediscovery of the 220-year-old holotype of the banded iguana, brachylophus fasciatus (brongniart, 1800) in the paris natural history museum. | the paris natural history museum herpetological collection (mnhn-ra) has seven historical specimens of brachylophus spp. collected late in the 18<sup>th</sup> and early in the 19th centuries. brachylophus fasciatus was described in 1800 by brongniart but its type was subsequently considered as lost and never present in mnhn-ra collections. we found that 220 year old holotype among existing collections, registered without any data, and we show that it was donated to mnhn-ra from brongniart's priv ... | 2016 | 27470771 |