The genus Brachylophus consists of four extant iguanid species native to the islands of Fiji[1] and a giant extinct species from Tonga in the South West Pacific.[2] One of the extant species, B. fasciatus, is also present on Tonga, where it has apparently been introduced by humans.[2]
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