#iguanas

[avillanappears]

thinking about how charles darwin hated marine iguanas so much he called them “imps of darkness”. just getting seethingly mad over a bunch of lizards who were just sitting there.

I bet he was just jealous he wasn’t this comfy

[nemfrog]

Various scaled reptiles. The life of vertebrates. 1962.

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[antiqueanimals]

Natural History in Zoological Gardens, by Frank E. Beddard. Illustration by Winifred Austen. 1905.

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[hometoursandotherstuff]

[snototter]

A Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) on Rabida Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

by Sue Roehl

[feather-bone]

[ID: an illustration of a green iguana facing to the left, laying on a log, surrounded by various plants and pebbles. The background is a mottled teal. End.]

Green iguana! Big old arboreal lizard, native to Central and South America. Very common and considered invasive in Puerto Rico and parts of the American South, especially Florida, where it was introduced in the 60s, but in danger of extirpation in parts of its native range.

[shelovesplants]

Much needed T-shirt💚🦎🍯💨

[spinus-pinus]

Green Iguana Iguana iguana

7/28/2023 Guanacaste, Costa Rica

[greendayauthority]

Tijuana, Mexico, 22 October 1993

[mothmiso]

Costa Rica (2) (3) (4) by Per Lundqvist

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Reptiles

Iguania. This suborder of lizards contains iguanas, chameleons, and frilled lizards

Gekkota. This infraorder is made up of geckos, small typically nocturnal lizards

[meklarian]

Green Iguana Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens Coral Gables, Florida, USA December, 2019

(more iguanas here, more reptiles here)

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[antiqueanimals]

Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)

Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. Written by Hans Hvass. Illustrated by Wilhelm Eigener. Originally published in 1958.

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[hometoursandotherstuff]

[snototter]

The eye of an invasive green iguana (Iguana iguana) in Florida's Everglades National Park, USA

by Cath Dominguez