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title: "Cuban Ground Iguana"
description: "Cyclura nubila — Reptiles. The Cuban rock iguana (Cyclura nubila), also known as the Cuban ground iguana or Cuban iguana, is a species of lizard of the iguana family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/cuban-ground-iguana
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cuban Ground Iguana

> Cyclura nubila — Reptiles. The Cuban rock iguana (Cyclura nubila), also known as the Cuban ground iguana  or Cuban iguana, is a species of lizard of the iguana family.

- Scientific name: *Cyclura nubila*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 679
- Wikidata: [Q225094](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q225094)
- iNaturalist taxon: [81525](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81525)

## Names

- en: Cuban Ground Iguana
- de: Kubaleguan
- es: Iguana terrestre cubana
- fr: Iguane terrestre de Cuba
- pt: Iguana-cubana
- pl: Legwan kubański

## Countries with the most observations

CU (369), KY (129), PR (44)

## Summary

The Cuban rock iguana (Cyclura nubila), also known as the Cuban ground iguana  or Cuban iguana, is a species of lizard of the iguana family. It is the second largest of the West Indian rock iguanas (genus Cyclura), one of the most endangered groups of lizards. A herbivorous species with a thick tail and spiked jowls, it is one of the largest lizards in the Caribbean.
The Cuban iguana is distributed throughout the mainland of Cuba and its surrounding islets with a feral population thriving on Isla Magueyes, Puerto Rico. A subspecies is found on the Cayman Islands of Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. Females guard their…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclura_nubila

## Photo

![Cuban Ground Iguana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cuban-ground-iguana/medium.jpg)

Photo: sunny tyson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145968328

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cuban-ground-iguana?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).