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Iguana iguana
(Iguanidae)

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Species description or overview

Iguana iguana description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Iguana iguana as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

Iguana iguana information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Iguana iguana, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.


Impacts

Iguana iguana impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Iguana iguana as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Control methods

Iguana iguana management information from GISD (ISSG)
Management information for Iguana iguana as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Images

Iguana iguana - green iguana (Iguanidae - Squamata)
Images, web sites, news articles, blog entries, videos, and books are compiled by google on this Reptiles and Amphibians of Hawaii site.


Distribution

Iguana iguana worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Iguana iguana is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Books

A field guide to reptiles and amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands
McKeown, Sean. 1996. A field guide to reptiles and amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Inc. 172 pp. Illus. ISBN: 0-9650731-0-6.


In the news

Slippery green fugitive is apprehended
An illegal alien was caught climbing a chain-link fence on Maui. The Hawaii Department of Agriculture took the two-foot long juvenile iguana into custody (Maui News, 2/6/2009).


Full-text articles

An updated, indexed bibliography of the herpetofauna of Florida
Enge, Kevin M. 2002. An updated, indexed bibliography of the herpetofauna of Florida. Technical report no. 19.

Herpetological inventory in West Hawaii National Parks: Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
Bazzano, Jason. 2007. Herpetological inventory in West Hawaii National Parks: Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site. Technical Report 141. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu. 30 pp. illus.


Experts

Iguana iguana contacts from GISD (ISSG)
Contact information for experts on Iguana iguana as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


Other resources

Iguana iguana references from GISD (ISSG)
References regarding Iguana iguana as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).


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