Agamid vs Iguanian - What's the difference?
agamid | iguanian |
(zoology) Any of the family Agamidae of lizards, including many dragons.
* 1992 , William E. Dooper, Neil Greenberg, Reptilian Coloration and Behavior'', Carl Gans, David Crews (editors), ''Hormones, Brain, and Behavior ,
* 1993 , George R. Zug, Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles ,
* 2006 , Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity ,
As nouns the difference between agamid and iguanian
is that agamid is (zoology) any of the family agamidae of lizards, including many dragons while iguanian is any of the suborder iguania of iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and "new world lizards".As an adjective iguanian is
of or pertaining to the suborder iguania .agamid
English
(Agamidae)Noun
(en noun)page 398,
- Bright male colors are exhibited primarily during sexual and aggressive displays in iguanids, agamids , chamaeleonids, gekkonids, lacertids, and teiids.
page 439,
- Agamids' and chamaeleonids are sister-groups, presumably with the chameleons diverging early from an agamid stock. ' Agamids and chameleons uniquely share an acrodont dentition on the dentary and posterior maxillary.
page 144,
- Whereas Chamaeleonidae and Iguanidae now appear to be monophyletic, Agamidae is not (Macey et al. 1997) because chameleons evolved from agamids', though they have traditionally been excluded (a problem easily resolved by recognizing a clade called Acrodonta, which includes both ' agamids and chameleons).