Green iguana

Green iguana; Temporal range: Holocene - Recent
	An adult Green Iguana in Costa Rica
	A juvenile Green Iguana in Grand Cayman
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Iguanidae
Genus:	Iguana
Species:	I. iguana
Binomial name
	Iguana iguana; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
	I. i. iguana; I. i. insularis; I. i. melanoderma; I. i. sanctaluciae;
	Native range in green (does not include the recent colonization of Anguilla in 1995 following hurricanes); introduced range in red
Synonyms
	Lacerta iguana Linnaeus, 1758; Hypsilophus tuberculatus Wagler 1830; Iguana hernandessi Jan 1857; Iguana iguana rhinolopha Wiegman, 1834; Hypsilophus rhinolophus Fitzinger, 1843; Iguana rhinolopha Dumeril & Bibron, 1837; Iguana rhinolophus Günther, 1885;

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

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]

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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