page_title: Rhinoceros iguana
section_title: Endangered status
hierarchical_section_title: Rhinoceros iguana / Endangered status
caption_attribution_description: Español: Iguana cornuda (Cyclura cornuta), Tierpark Hellabrunn, Múnich, Alemania English: Rhinoceros Iguana (Cyclura cornuta), Tierpark Hellabrunn, Munich, Germany
context_page_description: The rhinoceros iguana is a threatened species of lizard in the family Iguanidae that is primarily found on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. They vary in length from 60 to 136 centimetres, and skin colours range from a steely grey to a dark green and even brown. Their name derives from the bony-plated pseudo-horn or outgrowth which resembles the horn of a rhinoceros on the iguana's snout.
context_section_description: Although rhinoceros iguanas are the most common species of Cyclura kept in captivity there remain approximately 10,000-16,000 of these animals in the wild. A successful breeding program existed at the Parque Zoológico Nacional of the Dominican Republic (ZooDom) from 1974 to 1994, with an average of 100 babies hatching annually. These efforts included reintroductions of captive-bred "head-started" young to several protected areas in the southwest Dominican Republic in order to reduce the odds of predation by snakes and feral animals such as mongoose or cats.  The program has not continued since 1995, due to an administrative change at the zoo.
caption: Rhinoceros iguana at the Munich Zoo
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