Green iguana  (Iguana iguana)

The green iguana has a wide distribution ranging from the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Veracruz, through Central America and into South America as far south as Peru, Paraguay and northern Argentina, including many neotropical islands (4).

Green iguanas most commonly inhabit tropical forest close to water (3), from sea level up to an altitude of 1,000 metres (4), although they avoid areas of deep forest where the sun cannot reach the ground to incubate the nest (2).