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Basic information
Iguana iguana
American Iguana
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyIguanids
GenusIguanas
- Czech name
- Leguán zelený
- English name
- American Iguana
- Alternative names
- Bamboo Chicken, Black iguana, Blue Iguana, Camaleão, Central American Green Iguana, Common Green Iguana, Common Iguana, Green Iguana, Green iguana, Common Green Iguana, Common iguana, American iguana, Grenadines horned iguana, Grüner Leguan, Iguana, Iguana de Ribera, Iguana-Verde, Melanistic Lesser Antilles Iguana, Pink rhino iguana [insularis], Red Iguana, Saban black iguana, Saint Lucia horned iguana [sanctaluciae], Sinimbu, South American Green Iguana, Tejubú, Tijubú
- Synonyms
- Iguana (Hypsilophus) rhinolophus, Iguana coerulea, Iguana emarginata, Iguana hernandessi, Iguana lophryoides, Iguana lophyroides, Iguana melanoderma, Iguana minima, Iguana sapidissima, Iguana squamosa, Iguana tuberculata, Iguana viridis, Iguana vulgaris, Lacerta igvana
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 580 mm
- Body mass
- max 8,128.3 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 11.5 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 78 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 28 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Ambush
- Body temperature
- 33–36.2 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 1.8–5 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 9–71 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6MV3G · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 14934 · dryad-v5