Green Iguana
Iguana iguana
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 53,770
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The green 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. It is highly invasive in many subtropical and tropical environments throughout the world.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Green iguana”.