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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AW43 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: ●Taxonomic Change for Brachylophus Species (Iguana Species Native to Fiji) on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife  
Abstract: We are making a taxonomic change to the listing of Brachylophus species (iguana species native to Fiji) on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. In 1980, we listed as endangered the Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus) and the Fiji created iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) (45 FR 18009, March 20, 1980). Because of recent taxonomic revision of Brachylophus, the two species have been classified as three distinct species. This rule will add the newly described Fijian iguana (Brachylophus bulabula) as endangered to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. All three species of iguana are endemic to the islands of Fiji. 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Final Action  12/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Sarah Quamme
Chief, Branch of Domestic Listing, Ecological Services Program
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3803
Phone:703 358-1796
Fax:703 358-1800
Email: sarah_quamme@fws.gov