iguana

Green Iguana Care Sheet

& Red Iguana Care Sheet

and Information

Latin Name: (iguana iguana)

The Green & Red Iguana is a large lizard reaching sizes of 4 to 6 feet. There native habitat is in Central to South America and live in a tropical existence. Iguana's under the right conditions in captivity can live around 12 to 15 years. Iguana's are an arboreal animal (lives in trees). Some species once they hatch climb into the trees and never set foot on the ground again there whole lives.

The Green Iguana is a greenish grey color with black stripes that has 5 toes on each foot. The Red Iguana is nothing more then a color variation of the green. It still retians the black body stripes but has a red tinge to them and the body is predominantly red instead of green. Red Iguana still do retain some green areas on there body, usually the underbelly can be spotted with green. This area could be either small or large. The tail generally is about 3 times the length of the body. They sport a flap of skin below the chin commonly referred to as a Dewlap. They have a spiny looking crest that extends the length of the body.

Green Iguana