Iguana Facts

Iguanas are large lizards that live in tropical regions around the Pacific and in the Americas.
Larger iguanas are the only vegetarian lizards. Unlike other lizards, most eat fruit, flowers and leaves, rather than insects.
The common iguana lives high up in trees, but comes down to lay its eggs in a hole in the ground.
Before each dive into water, marine iguanas warm themselves in the sun to gain energy.
Common iguanas will jump 6 m or more out of the trees to the ground if they are disturbed.
The rhinoceros iguana of the West Indies gets its name from the pointed scales on its snout.
The marine iguana of the Galapagos Islands is the only lizard that spends much of its life in the sea.
Marine iguanas keep their eggs warm ready for hatching in the mouth of volcanoes, risking death to put them there.
When in the water, a marine iguana may dive for 15 minutes or more, pushing itself along with its tail.
Although marine iguanas cannot breathe underwater, their heart rate slows so that they use less oxygen.
The chuckwalla inflates its body with air and wedges itself in a rock crack if it is in danger.

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