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This is one of those fantastically ornate iguanian taxa.

From Scientific American • Jan. 17, 2014

The presence of thick-based, heavy tails, the ability to switch between digitigrady and plantigrady, and proportionally short forelimbs have seemingly encouraged the evolution of facultative bipedality in several iguanian, varanidan, lacertidan and teiioid lineages.

From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2013

The hyperbasilisk at top left is another highly flamboyant Squamozoic iguanian; males use their enormous and boldly coloured tail, dorsal and head crests and iridescent dewlaps to advertise their presence as mature territory-holders.

From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2013

The highly simplified cladogram below depicts the relationships among most of the major iguanian groups.

From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2013

Now pleurodont iguanian lizards abound in the South American region; but nowhere else, and are not as yet known to inhabit any part of the present continent of Africa.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George