I love Iguanas!  They have always been my favorite reptile.  First described in 1768 by an Austrian NIcolaus Laurenti.
What sets Iguanas apart from other reptiles like Lizard?
and endangered due to habitat destruction, introduced feral predators, hunting, and hybridization with introduced green iguanas.
The word "iguana" is derived from the original Taino name for the species, "iwana".
In addition to the two species in the genus "Iguana", several other related genera in the same family have common names of the species including the word "iguana".
Anatomy and physiology.
Iguanas can range from in length, including their tail. The two species of lizard within the
Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti
Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (4 December 1735, Vienna – 17 February 1805, Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and zoologist of Italian origin.
Laurenti is considered the auctor of the class Reptilia (reptiles) through his authorship of "" (1768) on the poisonous function of reptiles and amphibians. This was an important book in herpetology, defining thirty genera of reptiles; Carl Linnaeus's 10th edition of "Systema Naturae" in 1758 defined only ten genera. "Specimen Medicum" contains a description of