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Green Iguana

Iguana iguana
Iguanid lizards (Iguanidae)

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A large lizard, with spine crest, throat bag with stings and a round scale below the yaw. Colour differs being green, black, orange-brown with a striped tail. Young are often green. 

Prefers woodland laying on branches near water. Herbivorous though young sometimes eat insects.

⇔ l. 150-200 cm of which 2/3 is tail.

syn. Iguana

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