AI overview
A green iguana is a large, tree-dwelling lizard native to Central and South America that gets its name from its typically green coloration. These reptiles are popular in the pet trade and play a role in their natural ecosystems as herbivores, though they face threats from habitat loss and have become invasive in some regions where they've been released.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
Show 4 more facts
- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P2975
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
- P9714
- Barra do Garças
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
The green iguana (Iguana iguana), also known as the American iguana or the common green iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana. The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area; it is native from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico. It is highly invasive in many subtropical and tropical environments throughout the world.
A herbivore, it has adapted significantly with regard to locomotion and osmoregulation as a result of its diet. It grows to 1.7 m (5.6 ft) in length from head to tail, although a few specimens have grown more than 2 m (6.6 ft) with bodyweights upward of 9 kg (20 lb).