Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
July 16th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Iguana
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Green Iguanas
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Grüne Leguane
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Grønne Leguaner , Almindelige Leguaner
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1768 |  |
Iguana Laurenti (type species: Lacerta iguana Linnaeus 1758) |
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1828 | |
Prionodus Wagler (type species: Lacerta iguana Linnaeus 1758; syn. Etheridge 1982) |
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1830 | |
Hypsilophus Wagler (type species: Lacerta iguana Linnaeus 1758; syn. Etheridge 1982) |
Contents:
4 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
Mexico, Central America, South America, West Indies.
Reported from:
Anguilla
(Anguilla Island),
Aruba,
Belize,
Bolivia,
Bonaire,
Brazil
(Acre,
Alagoas,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia
(incl.
Providencia,
San Andres),
Costa Rica,
Curacao,
Dominica,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
French Guiana,
Grenada,
Guadeloupe
(incl.
Desirade,
Iles de la Petite Terre
[Terre-de-Bas],
Iles des Saintes,
Marie-Galante),
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Honduras
(incl.
Islas de la Bahia
[Barbareta,
Cayos Cochinos
(Cayo Cochino Pequeño),
Guanaja,
Roatan,
Utila],
Islas del Cisne
[Isla Grande,
Isla Pequeña]),
Martinique,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Colima,
Guerrero,
Jalisco,
Michoacan,
Nayarit,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Quintana Roo
[incl.
Cozumel],
Sinaloa,
Tabasco,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz),
Montserrat,
Nicaragua
(incl.
Islas del Maiz
[Isla Grande del Maiz]),
Panama,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Saba,
Saint Barthelemy,
Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
(incl.
Union Island,
Saint Vincent),
Sint Eustatius,
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela
(incl.
Blanquilla,
Los Frailes,
Margarita,
Tortuga).
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Iguana delicatissima
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West Indian Green Iguana, Lesser Antillean Iguana
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Karibischer Grüner Leguan
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Caribisk Grøn Leguan
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1768 | |
Iguana delicatissima Laurenti |
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Amblyrhynchus delicatissima Wagler 1830 |
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1820 | |
Iguana nudicollis Merrem [substitute name for Iguana delicatissima Laurenti 1768] (Etheridge 1982) |
Extinct in:
Antigua & Barbuda
(Antigua,
Barbuda),
Guadeloupe
(Iles des Saintes,
Marie-Galante),
Saint Barthelemy,
Saint Kitts & Nevis
(Nevis,
Saint Kitts),
Saint Martin.
Introduced to:
Puerto Rico.
Distribution:
Anguilla
(Anguilla Island),
Dominica,
Guadeloupe
(Desirade,
Iles de la Petite Terre
[Terre-de-Bas]),
Martinique,
Saint Barthelemy,
Sint Eustatius.
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Iguana delicatissima
© Rune Midtgaard
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Iguana iguana
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South American Green Iguana , Common Green Iguana, Great Green Iguana
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Südamerikanischer Grüner Leguan
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Sydamerikansk Grøn Leguan
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1758 | |
Lacerta iguana Linnaeus |
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Prionodus iguana Wagler 1828 |
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Iguana iguana Van Denburgh 1898 |
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1768 | |
? Iguana minima Laurenti (Fitzinger 1843) |
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1768 | |
Iguana tuberculata Laurenti (Avila-Pires 1995) |
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Hypsilophus tuberculata Wagler 1830 |
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1802 | |
Iguana caerulea Daudin (Avila-Pires 1995) |
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1806 | |
Iguana vulgaris Link [substitute name for Lacerta iguana Linnaeus 1758] (Etheridge 1982) |
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1820 | |
Iguana sapidissima Merrem [substitute name for Lacerta iguana Linnaeus 1758] (Etheridge 1982) |
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1825 | |
Iguana caerulea Spix [not Iguana caerulea Daudin 1802] (Avila-Pires 1995) |
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1825 | |
Iguana emarginata Spix (Avila-Pires 1995) |
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1825 | |
Iguana lophyroides Spix (Avila-Pires 1995) |
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1825 | |
Iguana squamosa Spix (Avila-Pires 1995) |
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1825 | |
Iguana viridis Spix (Avila-Pires 1995) |
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2019 | |
Iguana iguana insularis Breuil, Vuillaume, Schikorski, Krauss, Morton, Haynes, Daltry, Corry, Gaymes, Gaymes, Bech, Jelic & Grandjean |
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2019 | |
Iguana iguana sanctaluciae Breuil, Vuillaume, Schikorski, Krauss, Morton, Haynes, Daltry, Corry, Gaymes, Gaymes, Bech, Jelic & Grandjean |
Other common names:
insularis: Grenada Iguana
sanctaluciae: Saint Lucia Iguana
Remarks:
Now restricted mainly to South America and some Caribbean islands, but introduced to many others.
Previously included rhinolopha.
Records from Mexico to northern Costa Rica refer to rhinolopha.
Present in southern Costa Rica, although not mentioned by Leenders (2023).
Presence in Guadeloupe has been suggested to be natural (Lazell 1973), but Breuil (2002) believed that it was introduced.
It is unclear whether all the introduced populations represent iguana.
Some may refer to rhinolopha.
Extinct in:
Barbados.
Introduced to:
Anguilla
(Anguilla Island),
Antigua & Barbuda
(Antigua,
Barbuda),
Australia
(Queensland),
Bahamas,
British Virgin Islands,
Cayman Islands
(Grand Cayman),
Fiji,
French Polynesia,
Guadeloupe
(incl.
Iles de la Petite Terre,
Iles des Saintes,
Marie-Galante),
Guam,
Japan
(Bonin Islands,
Ryukyu Islands
[Sakishima Islands]),
Malaysia
(West Malaysia),
Martinique,
New Zealand,
Puerto Rico
(Culebra),
Saba,
Saint Barthelemy,
Saint Lucia,
Saint Martin,
South Africa
(Gauteng),
Turks & Caicos Islands
(Caicos Islands,
Turks Islands),
U.S. Virgin Islands
(St. Croix),
United Arab Emirates,
USA
(Florida,
Hawaii).
Distribution:
Aruba,
Bolivia,
Bonaire,
Brazil
(Acre,
Alagoas,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Curacao,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Grenada,
Guyana,
Panama,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
(incl.
Union Island,
Saint Vincent),
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela
(incl.
Blanquilla,
Los Frailes,
Isla Margarita,
Tortuga).
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Iguana iguana
© Rune Midtgaard
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Iguana melanoderma
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Caribbean Black Iguana, Melanistic Lesser Antilles Iguana, Saban Black Iguana
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Karibischer Schwarzer Leguan
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Caribisk Sort Leguan
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2020 | |
Iguana melanoderma Breuil, Schikorski, Vuillaume, Krauss, Morton, Corry, Bech, Jelic & Grandjean |
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Iguana iguana melanoderma Reptile Database 2020 (reptile-database.reptarium.cz, viewed December 4th, 2020) |
Distribution:
Montserrat,
Saba.
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Iguana rhinolopha
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Northern Green Iguana , (Great Green Iguana, Common Green Iguana)
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Nördlicher Grüner Leguan
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Nordlig Grøn Leguan
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1834 | |
Iguana rhinolophus Wiegmann |
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Hypsilophus rhinolophus Fitzinger 1843 |
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Iguana tuberculata rhinolopha Boulenger 1885 |
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Iguana iguana rhinolopha Van Denburgh 1898 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies or synonym of iguana (e.g., Lazell 1973).
Revalidated as a separate species by Breuil, Vuillaume, Schikorski, Krauss, Morton, Haynes, Daltry, Corry, Gaymes, Gaymes, Bech, Jelic & Grandjean (2019).
Introduced to:
Mexico
(Baja California Sur),
Nicaragua
(Islas del Maiz:
Isla Pequeña del Maiz),
Saint Lucia.
Distribution:
Belize,
Colombia
(Providencia,
San Andres),
Costa Rica,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
(incl.
Islas de la Bahia
[Barbareta,
Cayos Cochinos:
Cayo Cochino Pequeño,
Guanaja,
Roatan,
Utila],
Islas del Cisne
[Isla Grande,
Isla Pequeña]),
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Colima,
Guerrero,
Jalisco,
Michoacan,
Nayarit,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Quintana Roo
[incl.
Cozumel],
Sinaloa,
Tabasco,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz),
Nicaragua
(incl.
Islas del Maiz:
Isla Grande del Maiz).
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Iguana rhinolopha
© Rune Midtgaard
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