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Fiji crested iguana
The Fiji crested iguana or Fijian crested iguana (''Brachylophus vitiensis'') is a critically endangered species of iguana native to some of the northwestern islands of the Fijiian archipelago, where it is found in dry forest.
==Taxonomy and etymology==
The generic name, ''Brachylophus'', is derived from two Greek words: brachys (βραχῦς) meaning "short" and lophos (λοφος) meaning "crest" or "plume", denoting the short spiny crests along the back of this species. The specific name, ''vitiensis'', is a Latin adjective derived from the Latin word for Fiji.
The species is closely related to the Fiji banded iguana and ''B. bulabula''. The genus ''Brachylophus'' has been suggested to be the descendants of a more widespread lineage of (now extinct) Old World iguanids that diverged from their New World relatives in the Paleogene. Alternatively, the ancestors of these iguanas may have rafted 9000 km west across the Pacific Ocean from the Americas, where their closest relatives are found.
The discovery of ''Brachylophus vitiensis'' began when Dr. John Gibbons of the University of the South Pacific was invited to the screening of the movie ''The Blue Lagoon''. The director filmed part of the movie on a remote island and included shots of the native wildlife to enhance the feel of the movie, including a large colorful iguanid.〔 Gibbons, who had been studying the Fiji banded iguana at the time, travelled to the island and identified it as a distinct species.〔
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