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Fiji banded iguana
The Fiji banded iguana (''Brachylophus fasciatus'') is an arboreal species of lizard endemic to some of the southeastern Fijian islands. It is found in Tonga, where it was probably introduced by humans. It is one of the few species of iguanas found outside of the New World and one of the most geographically isolated members of the family ''Iguanidae''. Populations of these iguanas have been declining over the past century due to habitat destruction, and more significantly, the introduction of mongoose and house cats to the islands.〔
The species is diurnal, spending their days foraging, basking and watching over their territories by day and retreating to the treetops at night. Fiji iguanas are considered a national treasure by the government of Fiji, and its likeness has been featured on postage stamps, currency, and phone book covers.
==Taxonomy and etymology==
This species was first described by French zoologist Alexandre Brongniart in 1800.〔Brongniart,Alexandre. (1800). ''Essai d'une classification naturelle des reptiles''. Bull. Soc. Philomath. 2 (36): 89–91〕 The generic name, ''Brachylophus'', is derived from two Greek words: brachys (βραχύς) meaning "short" and lophos (λόφος) meaning "crest" or "plume", denoting the short spiny crests along the back of this species. The specific name, ''fasciatus'', is a Latin word meaning "banded".
This species is closely related to the Fiji crested iguana and ''B. bulabula''. The genus ''Brachylophus'' has been suggested to have descended from a more widespread lineage of (now extinct) Old World iguanids that diverged from their New World relatives in the Paleogene. However, no other members of the putative lineage, living or fossil, have been found outside Fiji and Tonga. An alternative theory is that the ancestors of these iguanas rafted west across the Pacific Ocean from the Americas, where their closest relatives are found.
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