Green Iguana

The green iguana is a fantastic looking creature. With a row of spines along its back and tail, its multitude of skin textures and its scaly beard or ‘dewlap’ under its chin, it looks like a miniature dragon. Then there’s the colour – not all green iguanas are just green. They can be blue-green, bright green, red, grey, and yellow to pale pink and lavender. In some places, the iguanas are even blue when they’re young, changing colour as they age. They have long tails that they use as whips and typically weigh 9 kilograms. They grow to 1.5 metres long from head to tail, though one as long as 2 metres has been recorded.