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A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet

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In zoology, any member of the genus Iguana

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Colloquially, in America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.

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Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor -- see leguan

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Colloquially, in Australia, any member of the genus Varanus -- see goanna

We even had an iguana up a tree once.

For Basiliscus see Basilisk; Iguana is dealt with under its own heading; allied is Metopoceros cornutus of Hayti.

The habitat provides a natural home for an adult male blue iguana which can be seen by visitors.

Otther traditional Mexican dances celebrate various indigenous animals, such as the iguana.

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On one island we saw a unique sub-species of the Bahamian rock iguana.

The monitor is popularly known as the goanna, a name derived from the iguana, an entirely different animal.

Failing all else there are some pubs withing walking distance, the nearest one being the Iguana which have live bands.

Try an exotic material like iguana, snake, or bullfrog, or stay with a tried and true favorite like calfskin or other hide.

Puerto Vallarta was just a quiet fishing village in 1963 when director John Huston chose the locale for his filming of Tennessee William's play "The Night of the Iguana."

Puerto Vallarta, once a sleepy fishing village became known throughout the world in the 1960s when Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton stayed there while they were filming The Night of the Iguana.

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Enclosed you will find an iguana 's claw, which you will need.

The reptilians are represented in the Parana by the jacare (Alligator sclerops), and on land by the " iguana " (Teius teguexim, Podinema teguixin), and some species of lizard.

Of lizards the iguana (Cyclura caudata) is noteworthy.

These fossils, which are now in the British Museum, were interpreted by Dr Mantell, who made comparisons with the skeleton of Iguana, on the erroneous supposition that the resemblance in the teeth denoted some relationship to this existing lizard.

Alligators and crocodiles are numerous in the lagoons and rivers of the coast and the iguana is to be found everywhere throughout the tropical lowlands, the large black Ctenosura acanthinurus being partly arboreal in habit when full grown.

The saurians are represented on land by several species of lizard, some of them conspicuous for their brilliant colouring, and by the large "iguana," whose flesh is considered a great delicacy.

One of the largest and most widely distributed is the common iguana (Iguana tuberculata), which occurs in the tropical parts of Central and South America and the West Indies, with the closely allied I.

But the favourite resorts of the iguana are trees which overhang the water, into which they let themselves fall with a splash, whatever the height of the tree, and then swim away, or hide at the bottom for many minutes.

In 2000, a baby died from contracting salmonella believed to be passed from a pet iguana.

The monitor lizard is popularly known as the goanna, a name derived from the iguana, an entirely different animal.

Along with several other species, notably Ctenosura acanthinura, which is omnivorous, likewise called iguana, the common iguana is much sought after in tropical America; the natives esteem its flesh a delicacy, and capture it by slipping a noose round its neck as it sits in fancied security on the branch of a tree.