Green iguana
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| Green iguana at Baradidas Zoo, Venezuela | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptillia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Iguanidae |
| Genus: | Iguana |
| Species: | I. iguana |
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| Iguana iguana (Linnaeus), 1758 |
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The lizard commonly known as Green Iguana or Common Iguana (Iguana iguana) is native to Central and South America and the Carribean. It is an arboreal herbivorous species that belongs to the genus Iguana.
Distribution [change]
The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean Islands especially in Puerto Rico where they are also known as "Gallina de palo" and they are very common throughout the island where it is seen as an intruder animal from South America; and in the United States as feral populations inSouth Florida (including the Florida Keys), Hawaii, and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.[2][3][4]
References [change]
- ↑ Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) (TSN {{{ID}}}). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ 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 Webs [change]
- Green Iguana Society
- Melissa Kaplan's Green Iguana Information Collection
- International Iguana Foundation
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