Iguana

An iguana is a large tropical American lizard, generally any member of the reptile family Iguanidae but specifically members of the genus Iguana.

Species of the genus Iguana

• Lesser Antillean Iguana, Iguana delicatissima
• Green Iguana, Iguana iguana
• Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus

References

• Frost, D.E. and R.E. Etheridge (1989) A Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy of Iguanian Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata). Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81
• Frost, D.R., R. Etheridge, D. Janies and T.A. Titus (2001) Total evidence, sequence alignment, evolution of Polychrotid lizards, and a reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata: Iguania). American Museum Novitates 3343: 38 pp.

Iguana, depicted in the 1851 The Illustrated London Reading Book

A Rhinoceros Iguana

An iguana found in Costa Rica