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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 of the genus Iguana. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana. The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area; it is native from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico.
The green iguana, the Mexican iguana, and the spinytail iguana were originally brought to South Florida from Central and South America.
Genetic analysis indicates that the green iguana may comprise a complex of multiple species, some of which have been recently described, but the Reptile Database considers all of these as subspecies of the green iguana. [7] [8] The word "iguana" is derived from the original Taino name for the species, iwana. [9]
Iguana meat has historically been important in the culinary traditions of Mexico and Central America; particularly in the states of Jalisco, Michoacán and Colima. In Fray Sahagún 's history of colonial Mexico , he mentions the iguana as a traditional food throughout Western Mexico and describes it as good to eat when properly prepared.
The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), also known as the sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, is a species of iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands . Unique among modern lizards , it is a marine reptile that has the ability to forage in the sea for algae , which makes up almost all of its diet. [ 5 ]
Ocean Diversity shared a video to their Instagram account on Saturday, June 8th of a marine iguana swimming underwater, and it's the stuff nightmares are made of.
The green iguana, Iguana iguana Mycoplasma iguanae is a species of bacteria in the genus Mycoplasma . It has been recovered from abscesses of the spine of the green iguana, Iguana iguana .
A young green iguana in a glass enclosure with a "hot rock" heating device A toilet trained iguana. 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 imports reaching 1 million in 1996. [1]