REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: IGUANIDAE: Iguana

Iguana delicatissima Laurent, 1768

Brown iguana

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Range: Small islands of the eastern West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Diagnosis: A large lizard with a brown coloring, large dorsal spines, and lacking a single large scale beneath the ear.

Description:

Natural History: Though known at lest since 1768, this species has been the subject of few published studies.

Reproduction: Lays eggs.

Taxonomy & Relationships: This and the green iguana (Iguana iguana) are the only two species in the genus.

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Literature:

Sprackland, Robert. 1992. Giant Lizards. TFH Publications. ISBN: 0-86622-634-6.