Normal Green Iguana

One OF My Favourite Iguana Color

COMMON NAME: Green Iguana

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Iguana iguana

TYPE: Reptiles

DIET: Herbivore

AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 20 years

SIZE: 6.6 feet

WEIGHT: 11 pounds

SIZE RELATIVE TO A 6-FT MAN:

Green, or common, iguanas are among the largest lizards in the Americas, averaging around 6.5 feet long and weighing about 11 pounds.

In Captivity as Pets

They are also among the most popular reptile pets in the United States, despite being quite difficult to care for properly. In fact, most captive iguanas die within the first year, and many are either turned loose by their owners or given to reptile rescue groups.

Range and Habitat

The green iguana’s extensive range comprises the rain forests of northern Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and southern Brazil. They spend most of their lives in the canopy, descending only infrequently to mate, lay eggs, or change trees.

Behavior

Primarily herbivores, iguanas are active during the day, feeding on leaves, flowers, and fruit. They generally live near water and are excellent swimmers. If threatened, they will leap from a branch, often from great heights, and escape with a splash to the water below. They are also tough enough to land on solid ground from as high as 40 feet and survive.

Defensive Adaptations

Iguanas' stout build gives them a clumsy look, but they are fast and agile on land. They have strong jaws with razor-sharp teeth and sharp tails, which make up half their body length and can be used as whips to drive off predators. They can also detach their tails if caught and will grow another without permanent damage.

Normal Red Iguana

They are also common iguana like normal green iguana.

The red iguana is a member of the Iguadnidae family that has seen a tremendous gain in popularity due to its unique red tint. What many people do not realize is that the red iguana is a variation of the common green iguana. The red color is the result of a selective breeding process focused on the manipulation of the color gene. Coloration can vary from a slight red or orange hue to a bold red color, all with black stripes or shading that tends to darken on the tail. The underside of the red iguana will typically have some traces of green, although the amount can range from a few small spots to an entirely green lower half.

Green Hypo Iguana

They are more beautiful and expensive than the normal iguana.

These animals lack the dark pigmentation making them an intense green color. During breeding they will change some to an orange color. They do not have Red eyes however; their eyes do appear different then normal. Very unusual animals.

Red Hypo Iguana

THey are more beautigul than the normal red iguana.

These animals lack the dark pigmentation making them an intense yellow color. During breeding they will change some to an orange color. They do not have Red eyes however; their eyes do appear different then normal. Very unusual animals.

Albino Iguana

Very beautiful and expensive iguana

Generally we can say that albino means lacks of black pigmentation.Because of this they are more popular than the others and there are different types of albino animals in the world.

Blue Iguana

They are also beautiful.My favourite one

The blue iguana, also known as the Grand Cayman ground iguana, Grand Cayman blue iguana or Cayman Island rock iguana, is an endangered species of lizard which is endemic to the island of Grand Cayman.

Snow Iguana

They are really really abdoreable.

What is a snow iguana? Snow iguana, or Blizzard iguana Snow, or Blizzard iguanas, are truly white in color. Their whole body is white. Blizzard iguana has been created by breeding blue (axanthic) iguana with a T- albino. Snow iguanas are completely white in color..

Rhyno Iguana

Rhyno Ig

The rhinoceros iguana is an endangered species of iguana that is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola and its surrounding islands. A large lizard, they vary in length from 60 to 136 centimetres, and skin colours range from a steely grey to a dark green and even brown.

Marine Iguana

The only one raptile who spend their life in the ocean.

The marine iguana, also known as the sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, is a species of iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands. Unique among modern lizards, it is a marine reptile that has the ability to forage in the sea for algae, which makes up almost all of its diet.

Spiny tailed Iguana

Ctenosaura pectinata.

Ctenosaura pectinata is a species of moderately large lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is native to western Mexico. The standardized English name is the western spiny-tailed iguana. However, an earlier edition of standardized names applied the name Mexican spinytailed iguana to Ctenosaura pectinata.

Diet

The diet for iguana is very simple.

Iguanas are herbivorous, meaning they eat plants; specifically, they are folivores, meaning they eat leaves. In the wild, iguanas feed almost entirely on the leaves of trees and vines, plus some fruits and flowers.

The Basic need for Iguana

Iguana are cold blooded animals.

Like the other cold blooded animals iguana also needs alots of sun like for their digestive system and vitamin D3.So If u want to keep them with indoor cage you will definitely need the artificial sunlight like UVA and UVB.And you also need to spray with water twice a day for humidity.

Calcium Supplement For Iguana

This is supplement for iguana

Calcium is also the essential need for the iguana.Not only for iguana but also for all tyoes of raptiles.For their bone and vitamine D3.

Iguana Indoor Cage

The general weather and environment for iguana is almost match up with our country weather and environment so that in Mynamar u can also keep them with outdoor cage.But you have to careful one thing.That is your cage must be in the place that can get the enough sunlight for them.

Indoor Cage For Iguana.

Actually this is for the beginners and people who want to maintain with indoor cage.

You can also maintain iguan with the indoor cage but like I said in the previous page.If you want to keep them with the indoor cage you must have UVA,UVB light and also heat pad for them.