Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas):
countries and regions with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Mexico
 19
No. 2
Guatemala
 7
No. 3
Honduras
 7
No. 4
Sonora [Mexico]
 7
No. 5
Baja California Sur [Mexico]
 6
No. 6
Baja California Norte [Mexico]
 5
No. 7
Ecuador
 5
No. 8
Islas de la Bahia [Honduras]
 5
No. 9
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 5
No. 10
Campeche [Mexico]
 4
No. 11
Chiapas [Mexico]
 4
No. 12
Fiji
 4
No. 13
Galapagos Islands [Ecuador]
 4
No. 14
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
 4
No. 15
Sinaloa [Mexico]
 4
No. 16
Bahamas
 3
No. 17
Costa Rica
 3
No. 18
El Salvador
 3
No. 19
Guerrero [Mexico]
 3
No. 20
Isabela [Ecuador]
 3
No. 21
Isla San Esteban [Mexico]
 3
No. 22
Jalisco [Mexico]
 3
No. 23
Michoacan [Mexico]
 3
No. 24
Nicaragua
 3
No. 25
Puebla [Mexico]
 3
No. 26
Utila [Honduras]
 3
No. 27
Veracruz [Mexico]
 3
No. 28
Yucatan [Mexico]
 3
No. 29
Arizona [USA]
 2
No. 30
Barbareta [Honduras]
 2
No. 31
Belize
 2
No. 32
California [USA]
 2
No. 33
Cayman Islands
 2
No. 34
Cayo Cochino Pequeno [Honduras]
 2
No. 35
Cayos Cochinos [Honduras]
 2
No. 36
Colima [Mexico]
 2
No. 37
Colombia
 2
No. 38
Cozumel [Mexico]
 2
No. 39
Dominican Republic
 2
No. 40
Exuma Cays [Bahamas]
 2
No. 41
Fernandina [Ecuador]
 2
No. 42
Guanaja [Honduras]
 2
No. 43
Hispaniola [Dominican Republic / Haiti]
 2
No. 44
Isla Cerralvo [Mexico]
 2
No. 45
Isla Grande del Maiz [Nicaragua]
 2
No. 46
Isla Santa Catalina [Mexico]
 2
No. 47
Islas del Maiz [Nicaragua]
 2
No. 48
Lomaiviti Islands [Fiji]
 2
No. 49
Nayarit [Mexico]
 2
No. 50
Nevada [USA]
 2
No. 51
Panama
 2
No. 52
Providencia [Colombia]
 2
No. 53
Roatan [Honduras]
 2
No. 54
San Andres [Colombia]
 2
No. 55
San Andres, Providencia & Santa Catalina [Colombia]
 2
No. 56
Santa Cruz [Ecuador]
 2
No. 57
Santa Fe [Ecuador]
 2
No. 58
Tabasco [Mexico]
 2
No. 59
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
 2
No. 60
USA
 2
No. 61
Utah [USA]
 2
No. 62
Viti Levu [Fiji]
 2
No. 63
Acre [Brazil]
 1
No. 64
Aguascalientes [Mexico]
 1
No. 65
Alagoas [Brazil]
 1
No. 66
Amapa [Brazil]
 1
No. 67
Amazonas [Brazil]
 1
No. 68
Anavilhanas Archipelago [Brazil]
 1
No. 69
Anegada [British Virgin Islands]
 1
No. 70
Anguilla
 1
No. 71
Anguilla Island [Anguilla]
 1
No. 72
Aruba [Netherlands]
 1
No. 73
Bahia [Brazil]
 1
No. 74
Big Pigeon Cay [Honduras]
 1
No. 75
Blanquilla [Venezuela]
 1
No. 76
Bolivia
 1
No. 77
Bonaire [Netherlands]
 1
No. 78
Brazil
 1
No. 79
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 80
Caicos Islands [Turks & Caicos Islands]
 1
No. 81
Cayman Brac [Cayman Islands]
 1
No. 82
Cayo Cochino Major [Honduras]
 1
No. 83
Ceara [Brazil]
 1
No. 84
Chihuahua [Mexico]
 1
No. 85
Contoy [Mexico]
 1
No. 86
Crooked-Acklins Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 87
Cuba
 1
No. 88
Curacao [Netherlands]
 1
No. 89
Desirade [Guadeloupe]
 1
No. 90
Dominica
 1
No. 91
Durango [Mexico]
 1
No. 92
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 1
No. 93
Espanola [Ecuador]
 1
No. 94
Floreana [Ecuador]
 1
No. 95
French Guiana [France]
 1
No. 96
Gau [Fiji]
 1
No. 97
Goias [Brazil]
 1
No. 98
Grand Cayman [Cayman Islands]
 1
No. 99
Grenada
 1
No. 100
Grenada Island [Grenada]
 1
No. 101
Grenadines [Grenada / Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 102
Guadeloupe [France]
 1
No. 103
Guyana
 1
No. 104
Haiti
 1
No. 105
Hidalgo [Mexico]
 1
No. 106
Ile Grande Cayemite [Haiti]
 1
No. 107
Iles de la Petite Terre [Guadeloupe]
 1
No. 108
Isla Beata [Dominican Republic]
 1
No. 109
Isla Cabeza de Caballo [Mexico]
 1
No. 110
Isla Carmen [Mexico]
 1
No. 111
Isla de la Juventud [Cuba]
 1
No. 112
Isla Grande del Cisne [Honduras]
 1
No. 113
Isla Pequena del Cisne [Honduras]
 1
No. 114
Isla San Pedro Nolasco [Mexico]
 1
No. 115
Islas del Cisne [Honduras]
 1
No. 116
Islas las Aves [Venezuela]
 1
No. 117
Islas Marias [Mexico]
 1
No. 118
Jamaica
 1
No. 119
Lau Islands [Fiji]
 1
No. 120
Little Cayman [Cayman Islands]
 1
No. 121
Los Frailes [Venezuela]
 1
No. 122
Los Hermanos [Venezuela]
 1
No. 123
Los Roques [Venezuela]
 1
No. 124
Los Testigos [Venezuela]
 1
No. 125
Marajo Island [Brazil]
 1
No. 126
Maranhao [Brazil]
 1
No. 127
Marchena [Ecuador]
 1
No. 128
Margarita [Venezuela]
 1
No. 129
Maria Cleofas [Mexico]
 1
No. 130
Maria Madre [Mexico]
 1
No. 131
Maria Magdalena [Mexico]
 1
No. 132
Martinique [France]
 1
No. 133
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
 1
No. 134
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
 1
No. 135
Mayaguana Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 136
Mexico state [Mexico]
 1
No. 137
Mexico state [Mexico]
 1
No. 138
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
 1
No. 139
Mona [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 140
Morelos [Mexico]
 1
No. 141
Mujeres [Mexico]
 1
No. 142
Orchila [Venezuela]
 1
No. 143
Para [Brazil]
 1
No. 144
Paraguay
 1
No. 145
Paraiba [Brazil]
 1
No. 146
Pernambuco [Brazil]
 1
No. 147
Peru
 1
No. 148
Piaui [Brazil]
 1
No. 149
Pinta [Ecuador]
 1
No. 150
Pinzon [Ecuador]
 1
No. 151
Puerto Rico
 1
No. 152
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
 1
No. 153
Rondonia [Brazil]
 1
No. 154
Roraima [Brazil]
 1
No. 155
Saba [Netherlands]
 1
No. 156
Saint Barthelemy [France]
 1
No. 157
Saint Vincent [Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 158
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
 1
No. 159
San Cristobal [Ecuador]
 1
No. 160
San Juanito [Mexico]
 1
No. 161
San Luis Potosi [Mexico]
 1
No. 162
San Salvador Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 163
Santiago (Galapagos Islands) [Ecuador]
 1
No. 164
Sergipe [Brazil]
 1
No. 165
Sint Eustatius [Netherlands]
 1
No. 166
Surinam
 1
No. 167
Terre-de-Bas [Guadeloupe]
 1
No. 168
Tobago [Trinidad & Tobago]
 1
No. 169
Tocantins [Brazil]
 1
No. 170
Tortuga [Venezuela]
 1
No. 171
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
 1
No. 172
Trinidad & Tobago
 1
No. 173
Turks & Caicos Islands
 1
No. 174
Turks Islands [Turks & Caicos Islands]
 1
No. 175
Union Island [Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 176
Vanua Levu [Fiji]
 1
No. 177
Venezuela
 1
No. 178
Wolf [Ecuador]
 1
No. 179
Zacatecas [Mexico]
 1