Green iguana
The green iguana or common iguana (Iguana iguana) is a lizard native to Central and South America and the Caribbean. It is an arboreal herbivorous species that belongs to the genus Iguana.
| Green iguana[1] | |
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| An adult Green Iguana in Costa Rica | |
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| A juvenile Green Iguana in Grand Cayman | |
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| Scientific classification e | |
| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Iguana |
| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/IguanaI. iguana
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| Binomial name | |
| Iguana iguana | |
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| File:Iguana iguana distribution map (native & introduced).png | |
| Native range in green (does not include the recent colonization of Anguilla in 1995 following hurricanes); introduced range in red | |
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Distribution
The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico. Also the Caribbean islands, especially Puerto Rico, where they are very common throughout the island; and in the United States in South Florida (including the Florida Keys), Hawaii, and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.[6][7][8]
Green Iguana Media
Green iguana skeleton,
- AA Iguana Fot Ars Summum.JPG
Male with spines and dewlap
- Close-up photograph of an Iguana iguana.jpg
Close-up photograph of an Iguana iguana (Green iguana) taken in the zoo of Singapore. The reptile was not enclosed behind a fence, thus anybody could freely approach as close as wanted
- Iguana.ogg
Green iguana eating Bougainvillea leaves
Although eating green iguanas is forbidden in Nicaragua, they are available in markets.
- Green iguana (Iguana iguana) juvenile head.jpg
Juvenile green iguana, Grand Cayman
- Cuban Iguana 010.jpg
Reddish-colored green iguana
- Baby Iguana in Curacao.jpg
Young juvenile green iguana, found indoors in Curaçao
- Iguana iguana Portoviejo 04.jpg
At the Botanical Garden at Portoviejo, Ecuador
- St Thomas Marriott Iguana 8.jpg
At Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (possibly Iguana iguana melanoderma instead)
References
- ↑ Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) (TSN {{{ID}}}). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Iguana iguana". Fossilworks.org. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Iguanidae". Fossilworks.org. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ↑ Bock, B.; Malone, C.L.; Knapp, C.; Aparicio, J.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Cacciali, P.; Caicedo, J.R.; Chaves, G.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P.; Lamar, W.; Moravec, J.; Perez, P.; Porras, L.W.; Rivas, G.; Scott, N.; Solórzano, A.; Sunyer, J. (2020). "Iguana iguana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2020: e.T174481A174437922. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T174481A174437922.en. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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- ↑ Swanson, Paul L (1950), "The Iguana: Iguana iguana iguana", Herpetolgica 6: 187–193
- ↑ Lazell, J.D. (1973), "The lizard genus Iguana in the Lesser Antilles", Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology(New York) 145: pp. 1–28
- ↑ Krysko, Kenneth L; Enge, Kevin M; Donlan, Ellen M; Seitz, Jason C (2007), "Distribution, Natural History, and Impacts of the Introduced Green Iguana in Florida", Iguana: Conservation, Natural History, and Husbandry of Reptiles(International Reptile Conservation Foundation) 14 (3): 142–151
Other websites
- Green Iguana Society Archived 2019-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Melissa Kaplan's Green Iguana Information Collection
- International Iguana Foundation
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