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title: "Green Iguana"
description: "Iguana iguana — Rettili. The green iguana (Iguana iguana), also known as the American iguana or the common green iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/green-iguana
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Green Iguana

> Iguana iguana — Rettili. The green iguana (Iguana iguana), also known as the American iguana or the common green iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana.

- Scientific name: *Iguana iguana*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 92628
- Wikidata: [Q215376](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215376)
- iNaturalist taxon: [35342](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35342)

## Names

- en: Green Iguana
- de: Grüner Leguan
- es: Iguana verde
- fr: Iguane vert
- nl: Groene leguaan
- pt: Iguana-verde
- pl: Legwan zielony

## Countries with the most observations

US (22967), MX (16557), CR (9959), CO (7578), PR (4667), BR (4212), PA (3643), EC (2553), HN (1251), BZ (1214), VI (1195), AW (1004)

## Summary

The green iguana (Iguana iguana), also known as the American iguana or the common green iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana.  Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana. The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area; it is native from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico. It is highly invasive in many subtropical and tropical environments throughout the world.
A herbivore, it has adapted significantly with regard to locomotion and osmoregulation as a result of its diet. It grows to 1.7 m (5.6 ft) in length from head to tail, although a…

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

## Photo

![Green Iguana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-iguana/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195945296

## Machine access

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