Fiji crested iguana

Brachylophus vitiensis

Habitat

Arboreal; associated with forest habitat

Diet

Herbivorous

Facts

• This iguana is herbivorous, feeding on plant material.
• The retained trait record gives a maximum snout-vent length of 255 mm; this excludes the tail and is not carapace length.
• The retained 2012 assessment data classify the species as Critically Endangered and record a decreasing population trend; this is a dated assessment, not a newly checked 2026 status.

Research sources

• GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
• ReptTraits — Brachylophus vitiensis