### animal | vertebrate | reptile | lizard:

Iguana
* All iguanas are excellent climbers, easily scaling up and down vertical surfaces.
* Many iguanas are a necessary part of their habitat
  - consume most of their dietary water from the moisture in the foods they eat
  - die from parasitism
  - do drink from bowls or from tubs while soaking
  - eat plant material
  - like to jump from their branches into their water dishes
* Most Iguanas can become tame with regular handling and petting.
* Most iguanas are herbivores, eating fruits, flower buds, and young leaves
  - detect movement
  - dig nest burrows
  - dive into water
* Most iguanas eat insects
  - plants
* Most iguanas feed on flowers
  - only once a day
  - get food
  - grow feet
  - has-part organs
* Most iguanas have color
  - favorite food
  - genetics
  - long tails
  - noses
  - penises
  - ranges
  - spines
  - teeth
* Most iguanas hold breaths
  - underwater breaths
* Most iguanas live for years
  - near water
  - move to areas
  - obtain the majority of their dietary water from the moisture contained in the diet
  - occur in areas
* Most iguanas reach adulthood
* Most iguanas regulate body temperature
  - relieve themselves in water, which facilitates keeping the cage clean
  - require heat
* Most iguanas show interaction
  - symbiotic interaction
* Some iguana diets cause diarrhea.
* Some iguanas absorb nutrients
  - appear in movies
* Some iguanas are distinguished from green iguanas
  - harvested for meat
  - very afraid of loud noises
  - change color
  - construct burrows
  - cross roads
* Some iguanas eat flowers
  - insects , eggs , and other small vertebrates
  - pellets
  - rabbit pellets
  - vegetables
  - enter adulthood
* Some iguanas feed on algas
  - marine plants
  - seaweed
  - get homes
* Some iguanas have a third eye that helps regulate how long they expose themselves to the sun
  - blotches
  - typical appearances
  - undersides
* Some iguanas live in colonies
  - up to years
* Some iguanas occupy coastal areas
  - dry coastal areas
  - occur along slopes
  - produce urea
  - rely on color
* Some iguanas reside in aquaria
  - gallon aquaria
  - rub noses
* Some iguanas suffer from bone diseases
* Some iguanas suffer from metabolic bone diseases
* act the same with minor tail loss as they do with their tail intact.
* also do fall, on occasion, and can injure their tail that way.
* are a lot like dogs, people and other living things
  - type of lizard
  - able to learn but very little and at a slow rate
  - also relatively easy to maintain and can be housed in almost any home or apartment
  - among the most attractive reptiles
  - animals of habit
  - capable of pets
  - cold blooded reptiles
  - cold-blooded and require supplemental heat for proper digestion
  - dry and scaly, and really quite smooth-skinned
  - easier to farm than cattle
  - exclusively herbivorous
  - expensive
  - extremely interesting, sensitive animals
* are from the rainforest, live in a very warm, humid climate, and live in trees
  - tropical areas, and require rather high relative humidity to shed properly
  - good reptiles for experienced reptile caretakers
  - great swimmers
  - harder to spot, roosting high in trees
  - herbivores or folivores, which means that they are plant eaters
  - herbivores, the young eat meat
  - high care pets
  - individuals, with individual personalities
  - known to feed in the cold seawater
  - lizards that live in tropical climates
  - mainly herbivorous
  - masters at energy conservation
  - members of the lizard family and are native to tropical areas in the Western Hemisphere
  - native to the jungles of central and south America, and the Caribbean
* are one of the few lizards that can reproduce through a process called parthenogenesis
  - most popular reptiles purchased from pet shops today
  - prey species, so a great part of the day is spent keeping a look out for predators
  - primarily vegetarian creatures
  - probably the most popular lizards people keep as pets
  - quite common along with a variety of other small lizards
  - reptiles and nearly all reptiles lay eggs
  - social creatures that eat and live together
  - solitary animals that only come together for reproductive purposes
  - somewhat clumsy but accomplished tree climbers
  - still a tasty treat in many parts of Central America
* are susceptible to both internal and external parasites
  - calcium deficiencies
* are the most popular lizard for people to have as pets
  - reptiles kept as pets
  - true herbivores, feeding on a variety of leaves, fruits, and flowers
  - vegans with complex dietary and environmental needs
* are very capable of delivering that serious of a bite
  - expensive to care for
* are wild animals and their first instincts are to escape from predators
  - which suffer greatly when kept in captivity
  - wonderful creatures
* bask on the rocks and sea lions laze in the tide pools.
* bob heads.
* carry salmonella in their gut.
* close eyes.
* come from Africa
  - a hot and humid environment, and are active during daylight hours
* consume insects.
* definitely have different personalities, as do people and most house pets.
* develop osteoporosis and low blood calcium.
* dig burrows
* do just fine when kept individually
  - sneeze and get rid of salt
  - leafy greens and vegetables
  - vegetables and fruits
* especially are prone to lying too close-and being burned as a result.
  - most of their water in their food and through moisture in the air
  - incredibly fast
* have a large lung capacity relative to their body size
  - wide variety of nutritional needs
  - capability
* have excellent sight allowing the iguana to detect movement from incredibly long distances
  - vision and can see long distances , shapes , shadows , color and movement
  - keen vision and can see shapes, shadows, colors, and movement at long distances
  - large heads and a row of large spines down the neck and back
  - large, powerful jaws equipped with serrated teeth
  - little use for the widely used introduced tree species
  - muscle bundles with special attachments to the vertebrae in the tail
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - nuclei
  - pedal extremities
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
* is an iguanid lizard
* like to climb so having tree branches are also a good idea to have in the cage.
* live in the trees and bask in the sun
  - trees and on the ground
* look ferocious, but are actually quite docile and passive.
* love to be up high
  - climb and love to be up high
* make excellent reptile pets.
* need fluid
* now exceed Burmese pythons in the rate at which they are being discarded by owners.
* often climb tall trees to bask in their sun-drenched canopies
  - react negatively to changes in their owners' appearances, as well
  - shake their heads
* prefer habitats.
* primarily eat leaves.
* really eat vegetables.
* regularly associate with one another, often forming clubs.
* require a small amount of protein in their diets
  - high humidity as well as high temperatures in their environments
* sneeze or snort to rid their bodies of certain salts.
* speak a foreign language.
* take a long time to heal
  - to water like ducks take to water
  - up a lot of time, effort and patience
* tend to dig at their food and sometimes walk or climb into the bowl.
* to drink water.
* utilize very specific radiation in order to produce vitamin D in their skin.
* vary in color from green to brown to yellow.
+ Iguana, Senses: Iguania :: Reptiles :: Lizards
  * Iguanas have excellent vision and can see long distances, shapes, shadows, color and movement. An iguana uses its eyes to navigate through trees and forests, as well as for finding food. They also use their eyes to communicate with members of the same species. An iguana's ear is called a tympanum. It is the iguana's ear drum and is found right above the subtympanic shield and behind the eye. This is a very thin, delicate part of the iguana, and is very important to its hearing.