Iguana iguana

Green Iguana

Linnaeus, 1758

Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
SubOrder: Sauria
Family: Iguanidae

Description

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Distribution

USA (introduced to Florida) S-Mexico (Yucatan), Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama Colombia, Brazil (Bahia), Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French French Guiana, Bolivia, Paraguay, Antilles: Virgin I, Cayman I, St. Barthelemy, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Ile Desecheo Saintes, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenadines, Grenada, Swan I, Trinidad, Tobago, Isla San Andres, Isla de Providencia, Puerto Rico

Habitat & Ecology

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Reproduction

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Conservation

Status: Not Listed, but habitat destruction threatens reptiles worldwide.

Other Comments

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References

Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., & J.D. Johnson 1988 Middle American Herpetology. Univ. of Missouri Press, 131 pp.
Frank, N., & E. Ramus 1996 A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, 337 pp

Other Available References from the EMBL REPTILE DATABASE

Burghardt,G.M. & Rand, A.S., eds. (1982) Iguanas of the World Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ. [ISBN 0-8155-0917-0]
Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. 10th Edition: 204 pp.
LAURENTI, J. N. (1768) Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu. Vienna, Joan. Thomae, 217 pp.
Schwartz,A. & Henderson,R.W. (1991) Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. (1991) A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.