Collared iguana  (Oplurus cuvieri)

Range

Occurs in north-western Madagascar and on Grand Comore Island. There are two subspecies: Oplurus cuvieri cuvieri is found in north-western Madagascar from western Diego-Suarez Province southward into northern Tulear Province, and inland to the western slopes of the Tananarive Province, with an isolated population in north-western Fianarantsoa Province. Oplurus cuvieri comorensis occurs only on Grand Comore Island, westward of the northern coast of Madagascar in the northern Mozambique Channel (5).

Habitat

The collared iguana inhabits tropical forest and rainforest (4).