Details

Central America

Green iguana
Iguana iguana


Head and neck: Head is elongated; when seen in profile, the eyebrows forming a slight bump from the base of the skull; subtympanic plate is large, slightly domed, diameter is clearly greater than the largest diameter of the eardrum;
large dewlap whose straight leading edge carries gular spines; at its lower end, more or less rounded leading edge; front edge and bottom edge of forming a dewlap more or less right angle; at least 10 triangular and rather flattened gular spines; pupil is ellow to brown; conical scales (tubers) on the upper neck. greyish green tubers more or less well developed and abundant, particularly among older males

Body:
Color mainy green with grey speckles; vertical stripes marking the bodies of some individuals


Limbs and tail:
tail proportionally longer (approximately 3/4 of the total length); tail with dark bands


Over 3 Feet
Green
Pet
Animalia
Reptile
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Sauria
Iguanidae
Non-Native