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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana" title="Iguana – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Iguana" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0quana" title="İquana – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="İquana" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="ایقوانا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ایقوانا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angoi" title="Angoi – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Angoi" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B" title="Сапраўдныя ігуаны – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сапраўдныя ігуаны" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layagan" title="Layagan – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Layagan" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Игуани – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Игуани" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana" title="Iguana – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Iguana" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legu%C3%A1novit%C3%AD" title="Leguánovití – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Leguánovití" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leguan" title="Leguan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Leguan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%CA%BCash%C7%AB%CC%81%CA%BCiitsoh" title="Naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B1" title="Ιγκουάνα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ιγκουάνα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana_(g%C3%A9nero)" title="Iguana (género) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Iguana (género)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana_(generoa)" title="Iguana (generoa) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Iguana (generoa)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7" title="ایگوانا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایگوانا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%B8noydlur" title="Grønoydlur – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Grønoydlur" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana" title="Iguana – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Iguana" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iogu%C3%A1na" title="Ioguána – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ioguána" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana" title="Iguana – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Iguana" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EA%B5%AC%EC%95%84%EB%82%98%EC%86%8D" title="이구아나속 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이구아나속" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1" title="Իգուանա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Իգուանա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="इगुआना – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="इगुआना" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguane" title="Iguane – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Iguane" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguano" title="Iguano – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Iguano" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana" title="Iguana – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Iguana" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kembur" title="Kembur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Kembur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana" title="Iguana – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Iguana" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%94_(%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%92)" title="איגואנה (סוג) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="איגואנה (סוג)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D3%93" title="Лачокла игуанавлӓ – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Лачокла игуанавлӓ" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Игуана – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Игуана" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8" title="ഇഗ്വാന – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഇഗ്വാന" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87" title="اجوانه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اجوانه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mnw mw-list-item"><a href="https://mnw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%82%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AB%E1%80%93%E1%80%AC%E1%80%92%E1%80%80%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA" title="ဂေါဓာဒကောတ် – Mon" lang="mnw" hreflang="mnw" data-title="ဂေါဓာဒကောတ်" data-language-autonym="ဘာသာမန်" data-language-local-name="Mon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ဘာသာမန်</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%A7" title="ایگوآنا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="ایگوآنا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana" title="Iguana – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Iguana" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AE%E1%80%82%E1%80%BD%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%AC%E1%80%96%E1%80%BD%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA" title="အီဂွားနာဖွတ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အီဂွားနာဖွတ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana" title="Iguana – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Iguana" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E5%B1%9E" title="グリーンイグアナ属 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="グリーンイグアナ属" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig%C3%BCana" title="Igüana – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Igüana" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana" title="Iguana – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Iguana" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuana" title="Yuana – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Yuana" 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For the best known species, see <a href="/wiki/Green_iguana" title="Green iguana">Green iguana</a>. For the family of related lizards, see <a href="/wiki/Iguanidae" title="Iguanidae">Iguanidae</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Iguana_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Iguana (disambiguation)">Iguana (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox biota" style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-size: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><i>Iguana</i><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">Temporal range: <span class="noprint"><span style="display:inline-block;"></span><span style="display:inline-block;">Holocene–Recent</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span style="display:inline-block;"></span><div id="Timeline-row" style="margin: 4px auto 0; clear:both; width:220px; padding:0px; height:18px; overflow:visible; 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font-size: 88%">A <a href="/wiki/Green_iguana" title="Green iguana">green iguana</a> (<i>Iguana iguana</i>) </td></tr> <tr style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"> <th colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Conservation_status" title="Conservation status">Conservation status</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/CITES" title="CITES">CITES</a> Appendix II<small> (<a href="/wiki/CITES" title="CITES">CITES</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-CITES_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CITES-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> <span class="plainlinks taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Iguana" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Domain: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reptile" title="Reptile">Reptilia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squamata" title="Squamata">Squamata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Suborder: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iguanomorpha" title="Iguanomorpha">Iguania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iguanidae" title="Iguanidae">Iguanidae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Iguana</i></a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Josephus_Nicolaus_Laurenti" title="Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti">Laurenti</a>, 1768</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Type_species" title="Type species">Type species</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><i><a href="/wiki/Iguana_iguana" class="mw-redirect" title="Iguana iguana">Iguana iguana</a></i><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Linnaeus" class="mw-redirect" title="Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Species </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antillean_iguana" title="Lesser Antillean iguana">Lesser Antillean iguana</a>, <i>I. delicatissima</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_iguana" title="Green iguana">Green iguana</a>, <i>I. iguana</i></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">Synonyms</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><i>Hypsilophus</i> <small>Wagler, 1830</small></li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Male_Green_Iguana_Belize.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Male_Green_Iguana_Belize.jpg/220px-Male_Green_Iguana_Belize.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Male_Green_Iguana_Belize.jpg/330px-Male_Green_Iguana_Belize.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Male_Green_Iguana_Belize.jpg/440px-Male_Green_Iguana_Belize.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="3540" /></a><figcaption>A male <a href="/wiki/Green_iguana" title="Green iguana">green iguana</a></figcaption></figure> <p><i><b>Iguana</b></i> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-cambridge1115_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cambridge1115-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oxford5632_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxford5632-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Spanish:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="es-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[iˈɣwana]</a></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Herbivorous" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbivorous">herbivorous</a> <a href="/wiki/Lizard" title="Lizard">lizards</a> that are native to tropical areas of <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>. The genus was first described by Austrian <a href="/wiki/Naturalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Naturalist">naturalist</a> <a href="/wiki/Josephus_Nicolaus_Laurenti" title="Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti">J.N. Laurenti</a> in 1768.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> are placed in the genus: The <a href="/wiki/Green_iguana" title="Green iguana">green iguana</a>, which is widespread throughout its range and a popular pet; and the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antillean_iguana" title="Lesser Antillean iguana">Lesser Antillean iguana</a>, which is native to the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a>. Genetic analysis indicates that the green iguana may comprise a <a href="/wiki/Species_complex" title="Species complex">complex</a> of multiple species, some of which have been recently described, but the <a href="/wiki/Reptile_Database" title="Reptile Database">Reptile Database</a> considers all of these as subspecies of the green iguana.<sup id="cite_ref-Breuil2020_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breuil2020-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Iguana_iguana_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iguana_iguana-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The word "iguana" is derived from the original <a href="/wiki/Ta%C3%ADno_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Taíno people">Taino</a> name for the species, <i>iwana</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Coles_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coles-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the two species in the genus <i>Iguana</i>, several other related genera in the same family have common names of the species including the word "iguana".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The species is a popular quarry for <a href="/wiki/Pet" title="Pet">pets</a>, and non-native animals have been widely <a href="/wiki/Introduced_species" title="Introduced species">introduced</a> beyond its native area, into <a href="/wiki/Ishigaki_Island" title="Ishigaki Island">Ishigaki Island</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Peninsula">Florida Peninsula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, and including numerous islands with native Iguana populations in the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Iguana_iguana_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Iguana_iguana-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-van_den_BurgGoetzBrannon2023_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-van_den_BurgGoetzBrannon2023-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anatomy_and_physiology">Anatomy and physiology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iguana&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Anatomy and physiology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iguanas are large <a href="/wiki/Lizard" title="Lizard">lizards</a> that can range from 1.2 to 2.0 m (4 to 6.5 ft) in length, including their tails. They possess a <a href="/wiki/Dewlap" title="Dewlap">dewlap</a> and a row of elongated scales running from the midline of their <a href="/wiki/Neck" title="Neck">necks</a> down to their <a href="/wiki/Tail" title="Tail">tails</a>. Iguanas have varying types of scales covering different areas of their body; for example, some large, round <a href="/wiki/Reptile_scale" title="Reptile scale">tuberculate scales</a> are scattered around the lateral region of the neck among smaller, overlapping scales.<sup id="cite_ref-Chang-Wu-etal-2009_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chang-Wu-etal-2009-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The scales on the <a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location#Dorsal_and_ventral" title="Anatomical terms of location">dorsal</a> trunk of their bodies are also thicker and more tightly packed than those on the <a href="/wiki/Ventral" class="mw-redirect" title="Ventral">ventral</a> sides.<sup id="cite_ref-Chang-Wu-etal-2009_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chang-Wu-etal-2009-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These scales may be a variety of colors and are not always visible from close distances. They have a large, round scale on their cheeks known as a subtympanic shield.<sup id="cite_ref-Lazell_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lazell-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iguana-001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Iguana-001.jpg/220px-Iguana-001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Iguana-001.jpg/330px-Iguana-001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Iguana-001.jpg/440px-Iguana-001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2415" data-file-height="2891" /></a><figcaption>Iguana eating flower.</figcaption></figure> <p>Iguanas have keen vision and can see shapes, shadows, colors, and movement at long distances. Their visual acuity enables them to navigate through crowded forests and to locate food. They employ visual signals to communicate with other members of the same species.<sup id="cite_ref-Lazell_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lazell-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Tympanum_(zoology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tympanum (zoology)">tympanum</a>, the iguana's <a href="/wiki/Eardrum" title="Eardrum">eardrum</a>, is located above the subtympanic shield (or "ear shield") behind each eye. </p><p>Iguanas are often hard to spot, as they tend to blend into their surroundings, and their coloration enables them to hide from larger predators.<sup id="cite_ref-Lazell_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lazell-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like most <a href="/wiki/Reptile" title="Reptile">reptiles</a>, an iguana has a three-chambered <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a> with two atria, one ventricle, and two aortae with a <a href="/wiki/Systemic_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Systemic circulation">systemic circulation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dabvp2561_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dabvp2561-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The muscles of an iguana are very light in color due to the high proportion of <a href="/wiki/Fast_twitch_muscle" class="mw-redirect" title="Fast twitch muscle">fast-twitch, glycolytic muscle fibers</a> (type <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">A</span></span>). These <span class="nowrap"><span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">A</span></span> fibers</span> are not very vascularized and are low in <a href="/wiki/Myoglobin" title="Myoglobin">myoglobin</a>, giving them their pale look. This high density of <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">A</span></span> fibers allows iguanas to move very quickly for a short period of time, which facilitates short bursts of movement, but is inefficient for long duration movement, since cellular respiration in <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">A</span></span> fibers is <a href="/wiki/Anaerobic_respiration" title="Anaerobic respiration">anaerobic</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parietal_eye">Parietal eye</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iguana&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parietal eye"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several species of lizards, including the iguanas, have a pale scale towards the back of their heads marking the <a href="/wiki/Parietal_eye" title="Parietal eye">parietal eye</a>. This organ is sensitive to changes in illumination and sends signals to the <a href="/wiki/Pineal_gland" title="Pineal gland">pineal gland</a> noting the change between day and night. A photopigment commonly found in the <a href="/wiki/Lamprey" title="Lamprey">lamprey</a>, known as parapinopsin, is also found in the iguana, and is sensitive to <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_light" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultraviolet light">ultraviolet light</a> and aids in the signaling between day and night.<sup id="cite_ref-wada4265_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wada4265-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Skull_morphology_and_diet">Skull morphology and diet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iguana&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Skull morphology and diet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iguana_iguana_eating_Mangifera_indica_from_Venezuela.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Iguana_iguana_eating_Mangifera_indica_from_Venezuela.jpg/276px-Iguana_iguana_eating_Mangifera_indica_from_Venezuela.jpg" decoding="async" width="276" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Iguana_iguana_eating_Mangifera_indica_from_Venezuela.jpg/414px-Iguana_iguana_eating_Mangifera_indica_from_Venezuela.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Iguana_iguana_eating_Mangifera_indica_from_Venezuela.jpg/552px-Iguana_iguana_eating_Mangifera_indica_from_Venezuela.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2016" data-file-height="1387" /></a><figcaption>Iguanas have an exclusively herbivorous diet,<sup id="cite_ref-Lichtenbelt-1993_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lichtenbelt-1993-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as illustrated above by a <a href="/wiki/Green_iguana" title="Green iguana">green iguana</a> eating a <a href="/wiki/Mango" title="Mango">mango</a> in <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Iguanas have developed an <a href="/wiki/Herbivorous" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbivorous">herbivorous</a> lifestyle, foraging exclusively on vegetation and foliage.<sup id="cite_ref-Lichtenbelt-1993_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lichtenbelt-1993-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To acquire, process, and digest plant matter, herbivorous lizards must have a higher bite force relative to their size in comparison to <a href="/wiki/Carnivorous" class="mw-redirect" title="Carnivorous">carnivorous</a> or <a href="/wiki/Omnivorous" class="mw-redirect" title="Omnivorous">omnivorous</a> reptiles. The skull of the iguana has undergone modifications resulting in a strong bite force and efficient processing of <a href="/wiki/Vegetation" title="Vegetation">vegetation</a>, according to one study.<sup id="cite_ref-Metzger-Herrel-2005_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metzger-Herrel-2005-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To accomplish this <a href="/wiki/Biomechanically" class="mw-redirect" title="Biomechanically">biomechanically</a>, herbivorous lizards have taller and wider skulls, shorter snouts, and larger bodies relative to carnivorous and omnivorous reptiles.<sup id="cite_ref-Metzger-Herrel-2005_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metzger-Herrel-2005-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Increasing the strength of the skull allows for increased muscle presence and increases the ability of the skull to withstand stronger forces.<sup id="cite_ref-herrel2461_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herrel2461-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cach_nuoi_rong_nam_my.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cach_nuoi_rong_nam_my.jpg/220px-Cach_nuoi_rong_nam_my.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="391" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cach_nuoi_rong_nam_my.jpg/330px-Cach_nuoi_rong_nam_my.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cach_nuoi_rong_nam_my.jpg/440px-Cach_nuoi_rong_nam_my.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2268" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Albino Iguana - Bred to be kept as a pet</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_Iguana_skull_(Iguana_iguana)_and_teeth.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Green iguana skull (Iguana iguana).jpg: Brian Gratwicke derivative work: B kimmel (talk)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Green_Iguana_skull_%28Iguana_iguana%29_and_teeth.png/276px-Green_Iguana_skull_%28Iguana_iguana%29_and_teeth.png" decoding="async" width="276" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Green_Iguana_skull_%28Iguana_iguana%29_and_teeth.png/414px-Green_Iguana_skull_%28Iguana_iguana%29_and_teeth.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Green_Iguana_skull_%28Iguana_iguana%29_and_teeth.png/552px-Green_Iguana_skull_%28Iguana_iguana%29_and_teeth.png 2x" data-file-width="922" data-file-height="615" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Green_iguana" title="Green iguana">Green iguana</a> skull and teeth: The teeth of the <a href="/wiki/Green_iguana" title="Green iguana">green iguana</a> sit on the surface of the jawbone, known as <a href="/wiki/Acrodont" title="Acrodont">acrodontal</a> placement.<sup id="cite_ref-Kuss-2017-04-28_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kuss-2017-04-28-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Traditional_Reptilia.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Traditional_Reptilia.tif/lossless-page1-276px-Traditional_Reptilia.tif.png" decoding="async" width="276" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Traditional_Reptilia.tif/lossless-page1-414px-Traditional_Reptilia.tif.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Traditional_Reptilia.tif/lossless-page1-552px-Traditional_Reptilia.tif.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="335" /></a><figcaption>Simple phylogeny with <a href="/wiki/Reptile" title="Reptile">Reptilia</a> highlighted in green: Iguanians are within <a href="/wiki/Lepidosauria" title="Lepidosauria">Lepidosauria</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Furthermore, the teeth of the iguana are <a href="/wiki/Acrodont" title="Acrodont">acrodontal</a>, meaning that their teeth sit on top of the surface of the jaw bone<sup id="cite_ref-Kuss-2017-04-28_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kuss-2017-04-28-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and project upwards. The teeth themselves are small and serrated - designed to grasp and shear food.<sup id="cite_ref-banzato2631_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-banzato2631-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iguana&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reproduction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Male iguanas, like other male examples of <a href="/wiki/Squamata" title="Squamata">Squamata</a>, have two <a href="/wiki/Hemipenis" title="Hemipenis">hemipenes</a>. During copulation, one hemipenis is inserted into the female's <a href="/wiki/Cloaca" title="Cloaca">cloacal vent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flank2007_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flank2007-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A female can <a href="/wiki/Female_sperm_storage" title="Female sperm storage">store sperm</a> from previous mates for several years to continue to fertilize her eggs in case she finds no male within her territory when she is ready to lay again.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mating/courtship"><span id="Mating.2Fcourtship"></span>Mating/courtship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iguana&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mating/courtship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Iguanas tend to follow a promiscuous or <a href="/wiki/Polygynandrous" class="mw-redirect" title="Polygynandrous">polygynandrous</a> mating style during the dry season. Mating during the dry season ensures that their offspring will hatch during the wet or rainy season when food will be more plentiful. Females control large territories, where they make several nests. Males compete for the females in an area and mark their won territory with a <a href="/wiki/Pheromone" title="Pheromone">pheromone</a> secreted from the <a href="/wiki/Femoral_pore" title="Femoral pore">femoral pores</a> on the dorsal side of their hind limbs. Male behavior during sexual competition involves head bobbing, extending and retracting their <a href="/wiki/Dewlap" title="Dewlap">dewlap</a>, nuzzling and biting the necks of females, and on occasion, changing color. Once a female chooses a male, he straddles the female and holds her in place by biting onto her shoulder, which sometimes leaves scars on females. After copulation, eggs are laid within several nests and allowed to incubate. This low level of parental intervention with their offspring makes iguanas an example of <a href="/wiki/R-strategy" class="mw-redirect" title="R-strategy">r-strategy</a> reproduction.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Phylogeny">Phylogeny</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iguana&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Phylogeny"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Phylogenetic_tree" title="Phylogenetic tree">phylogeny</a> based on nuclear protein-coding genes, reviewed by Vidal and Hedges (2009), suggested that the <a href="/wiki/Subclade" title="Subclade">subclade</a> <a href="/wiki/Iguanomorpha" title="Iguanomorpha">Iguania</a> is in a group with <a href="/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">snakes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anguimorpha" title="Anguimorpha">anguimorphs</a> (lizards). These groups share an oral gland capable of secreting toxins (a derived trait).<sup id="cite_ref-Vidal-Hedges-2009_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vidal-Hedges-2009-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The phylogeny based on whole <a href="/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA" title="Mitochondrial DNA">mitochondrial genomes</a>, though, as proposed by Rest et al. (2003), places the <a href="/wiki/Green_iguana" title="Green iguana">green iguana</a> as the closest relative of the <a href="/wiki/Plestiodon_egregius" title="Plestiodon egregius">mole skink</a> (<i>Plestiodon egregius</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-molecular1326_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-molecular1326-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lepidosauria" title="Lepidosauria">Lepidosaurs</a> are reptiles with overlapping scales, and within this group both iguanians and <a href="/wiki/Tuatara" title="Tuatara">tuataras</a> (<i>Sphenodon</i>) project their tongues to seize prey items instead of using their jaws, which is called tongue <a href="/wiki/Prehensility" title="Prehensility">prehension</a>. Iguanians are the only lineage within the <a href="/wiki/Squamata" title="Squamata">Squamata</a> that display this trait, meaning that it was gained independently in both iguanians and tuataras.<sup id="cite_ref-Vidal-Hedges-2009_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vidal-Hedges-2009-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iguanians are also the only squamates that primarily use their sight to identify and track prey rather than chemoreception or scent, and employ an <a href="/wiki/Ambush_predator" title="Ambush predator">ambush technique</a> of catching prey instead of active searching.<sup id="cite_ref-Vidal-Hedges-2009_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vidal-Hedges-2009-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A study by Breuil <i>et al.</i> (2020) found the taxonomy of the genus <i>Iguana</i> as follows, with <i>I. delicatissima</i> being the most <a href="/wiki/Basal_(phylogenetics)" title="Basal (phylogenetics)">basal</a> member of the group.<sup id="cite_ref-Breuil2020_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breuil2020-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The species are classified as subspecies based on the ReptileDatabase definitions. </p> <div class="clade"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261294616">body.skin-vector-2022 .mw-parser-output div.clade,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.clade{overflow-x:auto;overflow-y:hidden}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.clade p{font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output table.clade{border-spacing:0;margin:0;font-size:100%;line-height:100%;border-collapse:separate;width:auto;display:table}.mw-parser-output table.clade table.clade{width:100%;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-label{min-width:0.2em;width:0.2em;padding:0.1em 0.25em;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;border-left:1px 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first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Sauromalus" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauromalus">Sauromalus</a></i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"><i>Iguana</i> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Iguana_delicatissima" class="mw-redirect" title="Iguana delicatissima">I. delicatissima</a></i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"><i><a href="/wiki/Iguana_iguana" class="mw-redirect" title="Iguana iguana">I. iguana</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p>"<i><a href="/wiki/Iguana_iguana" class="mw-redirect" title="Iguana iguana">I. i. rhinolopha</a></i>" </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grenadines_horned_iguana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grenadines horned iguana (page does not exist)">I. i. insularis</a></i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Lucia_horned_iguana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Lucia horned iguana (page does not exist)">I. i. sanctaluciae</a></i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616"> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Iguana_melanoderma" class="mw-redirect" title="Iguana melanoderma">I. i. melanoderma</a></i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Iguana_iguana" class="mw-redirect" title="Iguana iguana">I. i. iguana</a></i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The Reptile Database synonymizes <i>I. rhinolopha</i> with <i>I. iguana</i>, only considering it a distinctive population, and recognizes <i>I. insularis</i> and <i>I. melanoderma</i> as <a href="/wiki/Subspecies" title="Subspecies">subspecies</a> of <i>I. iguana</i>. Four subspecies of green iguana are recognized under this treatment: <i>I. i. insularis</i> (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent & the Grenadines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a>), <i>I. i. sanctaluciae</i> (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a>), <i>I. i. melanoderma</i> (parts of the northern Lesser Antilles, and potentially coastal <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>), and <i>I. i. iguana</i> (mainland South America). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extant_species">Extant species</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iguana&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Extant species"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two extant species in the genus <i>Iguana</i> are widely recognized. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Image</th> <th>Scientific name</th> <th>Common name</th> <th>Distribution </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Iguana_delicatissima_au_sol.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Iguana_delicatissima_au_sol.JPG/119px-Iguana_delicatissima_au_sol.JPG" decoding="async" width="119" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Iguana_delicatissima_au_sol.JPG/179px-Iguana_delicatissima_au_sol.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Iguana_delicatissima_au_sol.JPG/238px-Iguana_delicatissima_au_sol.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></td> <td><i>Iguana delicatissima</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antillean_iguana" title="Lesser Antillean iguana">Lesser Antillean iguana</a></td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> on <a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Barth">Saint Barth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Iguana_iguana_Portoviejo_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Iguana_iguana_Portoviejo_01.jpg/120px-Iguana_iguana_Portoviejo_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Iguana_iguana_Portoviejo_01.jpg/180px-Iguana_iguana_Portoviejo_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Iguana_iguana_Portoviejo_01.jpg/240px-Iguana_iguana_Portoviejo_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4198" data-file-height="2628" /></a></span></td> <td><i>Iguana iguana</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_iguana" title="Green iguana">Green iguana</a></td> <td>Most of <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> east to <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a> and south to northern <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>. Also introduced to parts of the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>. If other species formerly considered <a href="/wiki/Biological_specificity" title="Biological specificity">conspecific</a> are included, ranges north to southern Mexico and the southern Caribbean; specifically Grenada, <a href="/wiki/Aruba" title="Aruba">Aruba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a>, St. Lucia, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_(Antilles)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Vincent (Antilles)">St. Vincent</a>, and <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Atila" class="mw-redirect" title="Útila">Útila</a>. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Subspecies">Subspecies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iguana&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Subspecies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> subspecies of the green iguana are also recognized: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Image</th> <th>Subspecies</th> <th>Common name</th> <th>Distribution </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><i>I. i. insularis</i><sup id="cite_ref-:6_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grenadines_horned_iguana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grenadines horned iguana (page does not exist)">Grenadines horned iguana</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">St. Vincent and the Grenadines</a> and Grenada </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Iguana_melanoderma_Breuil_et_al_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Iguana_melanoderma_Breuil_et_al_2020.jpg/119px-Iguana_melanoderma_Breuil_et_al_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="119" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Iguana_melanoderma_Breuil_et_al_2020.jpg/179px-Iguana_melanoderma_Breuil_et_al_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Iguana_melanoderma_Breuil_et_al_2020.jpg/238px-Iguana_melanoderma_Breuil_et_al_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1512" data-file-height="853" /></a></span> </td> <td><i>Iguana iguana melanoderma</i><sup id="cite_ref-Breuil2020_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breuil2020-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saban_black_iguana" title="Saban black iguana">Saban black iguana</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a>, and formerly <a href="/wiki/Redonda" title="Redonda">Redonda</a>, but also possibly coastal Venezuela, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico (at least parts of this range may derive from (pre)historic introductions). </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><i>I. i. sanctaluciae<sup id="cite_ref-:6_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Lucia_horned_iguana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Lucia horned iguana (page does not exist)">Saint Lucia horned iguana</a> </td> <td>St. Lucia </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Central American iguana (<i>I. rhinolopha</i> or <i>I. i. rhinolopha</i>), sometimes considered a distinct species, is largely considered synonymous with <i>I. iguana</i>, as the presence of horns does not necessarily indicate a new species or subspecies. The two described subspecies of <i>I. insularis</i> (the Saint Lucia horned iguana, <i>I. i. sanctaluciae</i>, and the Grenadines horned iguana, <i>I. i. insularis</i>) were originally described as subspecies of <i>I. iguana</i>, although they are genetically very similar and may not be separate subspecies from one another.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recent studies have recovered <i>I. rhinolopha</i> and <i>I. insularis</i> as distinct species based on genetics, but the Reptile Database disagrees with these conclusions, and classifies <i>I. rhinolopha</i> as synonymous with <i>I. iguana</i>, and <i>I. insularis</i> as a subspecies of <i>I. iguana</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stephen-Reynoso-etal-2013_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephen-Reynoso-etal-2013-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a> population of green iguanas shows major genetic divergence and may also represent an as-of-yet <a href="/wiki/Undescribed_taxon" title="Undescribed taxon">undescribed species</a> or subspecies.<sup id="cite_ref-Breuil2020_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breuil2020-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_food">As food</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iguana&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: As food"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Iguana_meat" title="Iguana meat">Iguana meat</a></div> <p>Iguanas have historically featured in the culinary traditions of Mexico and Central America. 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"Geographical structure and cryptic lineages within common green iguanas, Iguana iguana". <i>Journal of Biogeography</i>. <b>40</b> (1): 50–62. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013JBiog..40...50S">2013JBiog..40...50S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2699.2012.02780.x">10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02780.x</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1365-2699">1365-2699</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:59353644">59353644</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Biogeography&rft.atitle=Geographical+structure+and+cryptic+lineages+within+common+green+iguanas%2C+Iguana+iguana&rft.volume=40&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=50-62&rft.date=2013&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1111%2Fj.1365-2699.2012.02780.x&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A59353644%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.issn=1365-2699&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2013JBiog..40...50S&rft.aulast=Stephen&rft.aufirst=Catherine+L.&rft.au=Reynoso%2C+V%C3%ADctor+H.&rft.au=Collett%2C+William+S.&rft.au=Hasbun%2C+Carlos+R.&rft.au=Breinholt%2C+Jesse+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIguana" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBreuilVuillaumeSchikorskiKrauss2018" class="citation journal cs1">Breuil, Michel; Vuillaume, Barbara; Schikorski, David; Krauss, Ulrike; Morton, Matthew N.; Haynes, Pius; et al. (8 November 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/466128v1">"A story of nasal horns: A new species of Iguana Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata, Iguanidae) in Saint Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, and Grenada (Southern Lesser Antilles) and its implications for the taxonomy of the genus Iguana"</a>. <i>bioRxiv</i>: 466128. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1101%2F466128">10.1101/466128</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=bioRxiv&rft.atitle=A+story+of+nasal+horns%3A+A+new+species+of+Iguana+Laurenti%2C+1768+%28Squamata%2C+Iguanidae%29+in+Saint+Lucia%2C+St+Vincent+%26+the+Grenadines%2C+and+Grenada+%28Southern+Lesser+Antilles%29+and+its+implications+for+the+taxonomy+of+the+genus+Iguana&rft.pages=466128&rft.date=2018-11-08&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1101%2F466128&rft.aulast=Breuil&rft.aufirst=Michel&rft.au=Vuillaume%2C+Barbara&rft.au=Schikorski%2C+David&rft.au=Krauss%2C+Ulrike&rft.au=Morton%2C+Matthew+N.&rft.au=Haynes%2C+Pius&rft.au=Daltry%2C+Jennifer+C.&rft.au=Corry%2C+Elisabeth&rft.au=Gaymes%2C+Glenroy&rft.au=Gaymes%2C+Joanne&rft.au=Bech%2C+Nicolas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biorxiv.org%2Fcontent%2F10.1101%2F466128v1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIguana" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCampo-Flores2012" class="citation news cs1">Campo-Flores, Arian (20 August 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444900304577580053253903354">"To battle iguanas, Puerto Rico has <span style="color:gray">[a]</span> new plan: Put them on <span style="color:gray">[the]</span> menu"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0099-9660">0099-9660</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 January</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=To+battle+iguanas%2C+Puerto+Rico+has+%3Cspan+style%3D%22color%3Agray%22%3E%5Ba%5D%3C%2Fspan%3E+new+plan%3A+Put+them+on+%3Cspan+style%3D%22color%3Agray%22%3E%5Bthe%5D%3C%2Fspan%3E+menu&rft.date=2012-08-20&rft.issn=0099-9660&rft.aulast=Campo-Flores&rft.aufirst=Arian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2FSB10000872396390444900304577580053253903354&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIguana" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bmpevw/nicaraguas-government-suggests-eating-iguana-as-massive-food-crisis-looms">"Nicaragua's government suggests eating iguana as massive food crisis looms"</a>. <i>Vice</i>. 20 August 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 February</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Vice&rft.atitle=Nicaragua%27s+government+suggests+eating+iguana+as+massive+food+crisis+looms&rft.date=2014-08-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vice.com%2Fen_us%2Farticle%2Fbmpevw%2Fnicaraguas-government-suggests-eating-iguana-as-massive-food-crisis-looms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIguana" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iguana&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrost1989" class="citation journal cs1">Frost, D.R. (1989). "A phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of iguanian lizards". <i>Publications of the University of Kansas</i>. <b>81</b>: 1–65.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Publications+of+the+University+of+Kansas&rft.atitle=A+phylogenetic+analysis+and+taxonomy+of+iguanian+lizards&rft.volume=81&rft.pages=1-65&rft.date=1989&rft.aulast=Frost&rft.aufirst=D.R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIguana" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrostEtheridgeJaniesTitus2001" class="citation journal cs1">Frost, D.R.; Etheridge, R.; Janies, D.; Titus, T.A. (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/178868">"Total evidence, sequence alignment, evolution of polychrotid lizards, and a reclassification of the Iguania (Squamata: Iguania)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/American_Museum_Novitates" title="American Museum Novitates">American Museum Novitates</a></i> (3343): 1–39. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1206%2F0003-0082%282001%29343%3C0001%3ATESAEO%3E2.0.CO%3B2">10.1206/0003-0082(2001)343<0001:TESAEO>2.0.CO;2</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/2246%2F2896">2246/2896</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" 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