Green 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 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Iguanidae |
| Genus: | Iguana |
| Species: | I. iguana
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| Binomial name | |
| Iguana iguana | |
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| Native range in green (does not include the recent colonization of Anguilla in 1995 following hurricanes); introduced range in red | |
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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.
Distribution
[change | change source]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]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 September 2008.
- ↑ "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) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Iguana iguana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T174481A174437922. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T174481A174437922.en. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ↑ 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
[change | change source]- 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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