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Malagasy Iguana

Oplurus cyclurus

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

spiny forest

Notes:

its closet relatives are the iguanas of the Americas.
not sure how they made it to Madagascar!

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Comments (1)
alicelongmartin
I don't think I would want to be hit with that tail! My son had an Iguana for 4 years and it could use his tail when it was upset.

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PublishedApril 12, 2011

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