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    The green iguana (Iguana iguana), also known as the American iguana or the common green iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard...
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    the green iguana. The word "iguana" is derived from the original Taino name for the species, iwana. In addition to the two species in the genus Iguana, several...
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    The green iguana (Iguana iguana) is the most globally traded reptile representing 46% of the total reptile trade in the US from 1996 and 2012, with annual...
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    family of lizards composed of the iguanas, chuckwallas, and their prehistoric relatives, including the widespread green iguana. Iguanidae is thought to be the...
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    hunting, and hybridization with its introduced sister species, the green iguana (Iguana iguana). Successful captive breeding of this species has been limited...
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    The blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi), also known as the Grand Cayman ground iguana, Grand Cayman blue iguana or Cayman Island rock iguana, is an endangered...
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    Turks and Caicos rock iguana (Cyclura carinata) is a species of lizard endemic to the Turks and Caicos islands. This small iguana can reach 30 in (76 cm)...
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    the green iguana (Iguana iguana) over the black iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata) in the region, though both are eaten. Common recipes for the iguana include...
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    The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), also known as the sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, is a species of iguana found only...
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    Ctenosaura similis, commonly known as the black iguana or black spiny-tailed iguana, is an iguanid lizard native to Mexico and Central America. It has...
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    The Saban black iguana (Iguana iguana melanoderma) is a subspecies (sometimes considered a distinct species) of the green iguana thought to be endemic...
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    Ctenosaura (redirect from Spinytail Iguana)
    Ctenosaura is a lizard genus commonly known as spinytail iguanas or ctenosaurs. The genus is part of the large lizard family Iguanidae and is native to...
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    The desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) is an iguana species found in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of the Southwestern United States and northwestern...
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    Cyclura (redirect from Rock iguana)
    as "cycluras" (or more commonly as rock iguanas) and only occur on islands in the West Indies. Rock iguanas have a high degree of endemism, with (in...
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  • hispidus), up to 64 cm (25.2 in) long. Many sources describe the green iguana (Iguana iguana) as the largest iguanid, often reaching lengths up to 1.5 metres...
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    The rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) is an endangered species of iguana that is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (shared by Haiti and...
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    not as tall as in other iguanas, like the green iguana (Iguana iguana). Charles Darwin described the Galápagos land iguanas he observed as "ugly animals...
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    spiny-tailed iguana,: 506 p. : 216 p.  black spiny-tailed iguana,: 265 p.  Guerreran spiny-tailed Iguana, broad-ringed spiny-tailed iguana: 144 p.  among...
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    described species in this genus. Desert iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Baird and Girard), 1852 Catalina desert iguana, Dipsosaurus catalinensis (Van Denburgh...
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  • to: in America, any member of Iguanidae, the iguana family especially the Green iguana or common iguana, the species popular as pets in Africa, a large...
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    studies (2013 and 2014) on the lung anatomy of the savannah monitor and green iguana found them to have a unidirectional airflow system, which involves the...
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  • Olympics: Who's the Fastest?". 11 July 2016. "Is a Gilamonster faster than an Iguana? | Purely Facts". McFarlan, Donald (1991). Guinness Book of Records 1992...
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    as "Colley's Iguana". Gray did not further specify who Colley was. The Jamaican iguana is a large, heavy-bodied lizard, primarily green to salty blue...
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    Wildtracks Rehabilitation Program (Primate and Manatee), The Belize Zoo, The Green Iguana Project, Belize Raptor Center, Friends for Conservation and Development...
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    species which can detect UV light. According to tests performed on the Green iguana, the variation in the chemicals released by the femoral pores can help...
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    Conolophus (redirect from Galápagos iguana)
    The Galápagos land iguanas comprise the genus Conolophus of the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). The number of species of this variable genus has always been...
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    The northern Bahamian rock iguana (Cyclura cychlura) is a species of lizard of the genus Cyclura that is found on Andros Island and the Exuma islands in...
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    Brachylophus (redirect from Fiji iguana)
    geographically isolated iguanas in the world. Their closest extant relatives (the genera Amblyrhynchus, Conolophus, Ctenosaura, Cyclura, Iguana and Sauromalus)...
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    marthae, the Galápagos pink land iguana, is a species of lizard of the family Iguanidae. This critically endangered iguana is native only to the Wolf Volcano...
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    The Cuban rock iguana (Cyclura nubila), also known as the Cuban ground iguana or Cuban iguana, is a species of lizard of the iguana family. It is the second...
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