REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF THE WORLD - IGUANAS

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A SELECTION OF IGUANAS

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Green Iguana

COMMON NAME
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SCIENTIFIC NAME

DISTRIBUTION

Lau Banded Iguana, Fiji Banded Iguana

Brachylophus fasciatus

Fiji Islands (Viti Levu, Wakaya, Ovalau, Moturiki, Gau, Beqa, Vatuele, Kandavu Ono, Dravuni, Taveuni, Nggamea, Vanua, Balavu, Avea, Vatu Vara,Lakeba, Aiwa, Oneata, Vanua Levu, Vanua Vatu, Totoya, Kabara, Fulaga),
Tonga Islands (Tongatapu),
New Hebrides (Efate), Iles Wallis

Fiji Crested Iguana 

Brachylophus vitiensis

Fiji Islands (Yaduataba)

Roatan Spiny-tailed Iguana

Ctenosaura oedirhina

Roatan (Island) Honduras

Motagua Spiny-tailed Iguana

Ctenosaura palearis

Guatemala (Motagua Valley)

Black Spiny-tailed Iguana

Ctenosaura similis

Mexico and Central America

Rhinoceros Iguana

Cyclura cornuta

Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic)

Desert Iguana

Dipsosaurus dorsalis

Sonoran and Mojave deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Also found on on several Gulf of California islands

Green Iguana

Iguana iguana

Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean islands, Introduced into Taiwan, Florida, Texas, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands

Serrated Casque-headed Iguana

Leiocephalus carinatus

Mexico and Central America.

Curly Tailed Lizard

Leiocephalus carinatus

USA (introduced to SE Florida), Bahamas,
Cuba (+ Pinos), Cat Island I, Little San Salvador I, Isla de la Juventud, Honduras
Cayman I, Swan I, Turks and Caicos Islands

Chuckwalla

Sauromalus ater

USA & Mexico

Emerald Swift

Sceloporus malachiticus

Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Antigua


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