Green Iguana

A large Green Iguana suns himself in the trees on the tropical Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. Green, or common, iguanas are among the largest lizards in the Americas, averaging around 6.5 feet long and weighing about 11 pounds.

It is an invasive species in PR, and unfortunately has no natural predators and their increasing population wrecks havoc on agriculture and infrastructure causing millions of dollars in damage each year.

Green iguanas are found throughout tropical and subtropical North and South America. Green iguanas are common in Mexico and south throughout Central America and down through South America to Paraguay and Argentina. Green iguanas also occur throughout the Lesser Antilles and, in the past 20 years or so, the Greater Antilles and Southern Florida. In the Greater Antilles and southern Florida, green iguanas are an introduced species.