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The common iguana lives mainly in trees but is an excellent swimmer. It has a characteristic crest of comblike spines running down the length of its back. Young animals are bright green, becoming darker with age.

Any of about 700 species of lizard, chiefly found in the Americas. The common iguana (I. iguana) of Central and South America is a vegetarian and may reach 2 m/6 ft in length. (Especially genus Iguana, family Iguanidae.)



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For example, young green iguanas often move about in groups and sleep together, and crocodiles exhibit some parental care.
Incredibly, in September 1995, 15 green iguanas were swept out to sea after hurricane Luis blasted the island of Guadeloupe.
ANCON also hopes to teach villagers to raise green iguanas for meat and eggs in pens, so they will stop poaching them in the wild.
 
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