Fiji crested iguana
Scientific name: Brachylophus vitiensis Gibbons, 1981
Overview
The Fiji crested iguana or Fijian crested iguana 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 on Yadua Taba, Yadua, Macuata, Yaquaga, Devuilau, Malolo, Monu and Monuriki.
From the Wikipedia article “Fiji crested iguana”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Critically endangered on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Fiji Islands (Yaduataba).
Common names
Also known in English as Fijian Crested Iguana, Fiji Crested lguana.
Names in other languages (6)
- Chinese
- 斐济冠状鬣蜥
- French
- Iguane à crête de Fidji
- Persian
- ایگوانای تاجدار فیجی
- Portuguese
- Iguana-de-crista-de-fiji
- Russian
- Пятнистобрюхая фиджийская игуана
- Spanish
- Iguana Crestada de Fiji
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Reptile Database.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q586433, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Fiji crested iguana”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Michael Howard from Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — compiled by rbrausse with Quantum GIS Map data: Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Range data: Harlow, P., Fisher,..., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026