### animal | vertebrate | reptile | lizard | iguana:

Cuban iguana
* have excellent vision and the ability to detect shapes and movement at long distances.
* reach sexual maturity at an age of two to three years.

Female iguana
* dig burrows
  - nest burrows
* tend to choose mates directly based on male phenotypes.
* visit the lek to choose which male they wish to mate.

### animal | vertebrate | reptile | lizard | iguana:

Green iguana
* Most green iguanas dive into water
  - grow feet
  - live near water
  - reach adulthood
* Some green iguanas are harvested for meat.
* Some green iguanas eat pellets
  - rabbit pellets
  - vegetables
* Some green iguanas have small horns on their snouts
  - undersides
* are a threatened species due to loss of habitat
  - varied group
  - another species that benefit from exercise
  - arboreal, meaning that they live in trees
  - bred and raised on farms in Central and South America to be eaten by people
  - diurnal , arboreal , and are often found near water
  - eaten in Central America
  - egg layers
  - found throughout tropical and subtropical North and South America
  - generally arboreal, meaning that they live in trees
  - handsome creatures, but they can grow up to six feet long, and be aggressive
* are harvested for their eggs, skin, and meat
  - skin, meat and eggs
  - the most disposable pet in America
  - tough
* can recognize familiar people.
* get huge, up to five-feet long, and they require nearly twice that climbing height.
* have a white photo-sensory organ on the top of their heads called the parietal eye
  - very sharp teeth that are capable of shredding leaves and even human skin
* live in forest areas that are adjacent to water
* make intelligent, friendly pets.
* need heat.
* tend to be cryptically colored.

Juvenile iguana
* Most juvenile iguanas shed skin.
* Some juvenile iguanas reside in aquaria
  - gallon aquaria

Land iguana
* Most land iguanas live for years
  - reach maturity
  - show symbiotic interaction
* are much larger than marine iguanas and have a bright reddish-orange colour.
* are territorial and highly intolerant of others of their own gender
  - signal their aggression with head-nodding
* feed on cacti.
* reach maturity between eight and fifteen years of age, depending on their size
* show interaction

Male iguana
* Most male iguanas have penises
  - ranges
* Some male iguanas have appearances
  - typical appearances
  - rely on color
* are much larger than the females.
* become territorial as they sexually mature.
* can be highly aggressive towards one another.
* have hemipenes for breeding
  - the largest testes for their body size of all reptiles
* possess a pair of intromittent organs, the hemipenes.
* tend to be larger and have brighter overall coloration than females.

Older iguana
* are strict vegetarians, feeding primarily on plants.
* live high up in the trees.

Rock iguana
* All rock iguanas live in a tropical dry forest ecosystem.
* are social animals, unlike most lizards which tend to shun others of their own kind.

Young iguana
* Most young iguanas eat insects.
* are a very light green and blend in well with their natural habitat
  - found among the adults in most basking aggregations
  - pale green with black-ringed tails
* consume insects.

### animal | vertebrate | reptile | lizard | iguanid lizard:

Chuckwalla
* also have good chemical senses.
* are secretive reptiles
  - strictly herbivores in the wild
* is an iguanid lizard
* retreat from danger by wedging into rock crevices and inflating their bodies.

Collared lizard
* are known to be aggressive and they eat other species of lizards
  - truly one of the world's most beautiful lizards
  - very active
* do a rapid series of pushups to scare their enemy.
* live in the Missouri Ozarks on rocky, dry, open, south-facing hillsides.