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Reptiles
Green iguana
Green iguana · Iguana iguana
Green iguanas are true climbing artists with bright colouring and an impressive dorsal crest. Discover them in tropical treetops.
Fact file
- Size
- Up to 2 metres in length including tail, usually weighing 4 to 5 kilograms
- Males and females
- Males are more powerfully built, with a larger jowl and more conspicuous pores
- Sounds
- Hissing when threatened, otherwise mostly silent
- Diet
- Feeds mainly on leaves, fruit and flowers, occasionally also insects
- Offspring
- Lays between 20 and 70 eggs per clutch, hatching usually after about 10 weeks
How to identify Green iguana
The green iguana is easy to recognise by its bright green to olive-coloured body. Young animals are often a vivid green, while fully grown individuals can show grey, blue or yellowish hues depending on the region. Striking features include the dark cross-bands on the tail, a pronounced jowl and the clearly visible throat pouch.
Adult green iguanas reach a length of up to two metres including the tail and can weigh up to five kilograms. Their posture appears relaxed and elongated. The high, spiky dorsal crest and the strong limbs with long claws make the animal unmistakable. There is a risk of confusion with other iguana species, but only the green iguana shows this characteristic overall combination of features.
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Where Green iguana live
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