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Iguanas live in the Americas and the Caribbean as well as the Galápagos. A small group also lives in Fiji and Tonga. Adults eat mostly plants. Many bear a crest of spines along the back and a dewlap under the throat. Many are good swimmers. They often live in trees or near water.
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Iguanidae
Ctenosaura similis · Least concern
The Guinness Book of World Records lists the black iguana as the fastest lizard on Earth, with a sprint of 34.6 km/h. It uses that speed to escape predators; cornered, it lashes its spiny tail and bites. It is the largest of the spiny-tailed iguanas.
Photo: Charles J. Sharp (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Iguanidae
Dipsosaurus dorsalis · Least concern
The desert iguana's scientific name, Dipsosaurus, combines two Greek words meaning "thirsty lizard", fitting for an iguana of the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts. First described in 1852 as Crotaphytus dorsalis, it was renamed only two years later by Edward Hallowell.
Photo: Wilson44691 (CC0)
Iguanidae
Iguana iguana · Least concern
In some Spanish-speaking countries males are nicknamed garrobo or ministro, 'minister', and youngsters iguanita. Probably the largest member of the iguana family, the green iguana can reach 1.7 m from head to tail, much of it tail. Outside its native range it has become highly invasive.
Photo: Aatu Dorochenko (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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