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Green Iguana For Sale Green or common iguanas are among the largest lizards in the Americas . Averaging around 6.5 feet long and weighing about 11 pounds. 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.

Green Iguana For Sale 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.

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.

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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 use as whips to drive off predators. They can also detach their tails if caught and will grow another without permanent damage

Green Iguana For Sale Just like us, iguanas are diurnal. This means they are most active during the day and like to rest at night. Unlike us though, they’re arboreal. This means they like to hang out in trees. They’re never far from a water source and are great swimmers. They use the water to avoid predators.

Another way green iguanas have evolved to help them stay alive is that they have a row of spines down their back and tail which they use to defend themselves. The tail in particular is a very effective whip. Their colour helps camouflage them so they can ‘disappear’ in the undergrowth . Green Iguana For Sale

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Although called green iguanas, these animals are actually variable in color. The adults become more uniform in color with age, whereas the young may appear more blotchy or banded between green and brown. Color of an individual may also vary based upon its mood, temperature, health, or social status. Such color alteration may aide these animals in thermoregulation. In the morning, while body temperature is low, skin color will be darker, helping the lizard to absorb heat from sunlight. However, as the hot mid-day sun radiates upon them, these animals become lighter or paler, helping to reflect the sun rays and minimizing the heat absorbed.

Active dominant iguanas usually have a darker color than lower-rank iguana living the same environment (Frye, 1995). Most color variation seen in this species is exhibit by males, and may be attributed in part to sex steroids. Six to eight weeks prior to and during courtship . Males may acquire a bright orange or gold hue, although coloration is still related to dominance status (Frye, 1995). Mature females, for the most part, retain their green coloring.

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Other distinguishing features of this species include a pendulous dewlap under the throat, a dorsal crest made up of dermal spines that run from the mid neck to the tail base, and a long tapering tail. The dewlap is more developed in adult males than females. Extensions of the hyoid bones stiffen and support the leading edge of this structure, which is used in territorial defense or when the animal is frightened. This fleshy structure also serves in heat absorption and dissipation when it is extended.

The laterally situated eyes are protected mainly by a immovable eyelid and freely mobile lower eyelid (Oldham and Smith, 1975). On the dorsal midline of the skull behind the eyes is a parietal eye. This sense organ, although not a true “eye,” serves as a meter for solar energy, and aids in the maturation of sex organs, thyroid gland, and endocrine glands (Frye, 1995). The visual effect of this “eye” is mostly limit to the detection of predatory shadows from above. Green Iguana For Sale