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Iguana

Photo by DougVanDuzen
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Species ID Suggestions

Garrobo (spanish), Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (male)

Ctenosaura similis
Saitra Inés
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Comments (4)
Aaron_G
Those are beautiful close-up shots. Great work on these!
DougVanDuzen
Thankyou for the info about the different Iguanas and I also noticed the spiny-tailed were not afraid to come close to me and lay in the sun just two feet away. I got a bit nervous not knowing if it would strike like some greens do.
Aaron_G
That's because it's a different species, Doug. The ones you're seeing are green iguanas (Iguana iguana) and not the spiny-tailed iguanas (genus Ctenosaura).
DougVanDuzen
They all look sun bleached in Mexico compared to the imported ones here in Canada that are brighter green.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2011

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