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Green Iguana

Iguana iguana

Description:

Bright green lizard, fairly small. Brown tail with black rings. (I'm not so good with reptiles) Edit: most likely a juvenile green iguana.

Habitat:

Carara National Park, Costa Rica

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5 Comments

sagittariidae
sagittariidae 11 years ago

Thank you, I agree, I think it's a juvenile Green Iguana

AmandaDuffy
AmandaDuffy 11 years ago

they are a type of iguana, this one being a jeuvinle

AmandaDuffy
AmandaDuffy 11 years ago

Ctenosaur lizard

sagittariidae
sagittariidae 11 years ago

Hmm, that one is endemic to N. America and some of Mexico. I think it might be a green tree anole (Norops biporcatus), but I'm not sure.

andrewasmith1
andrewasmith1 11 years ago

This is the closes i could find. It may or may not be the right one. I could be totally wrong but figured i would try to assist.
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekstaartle... (foreign site, but the pic is close.)
Scientific Name:Callisaurus draconoides
Common Name: Zebra Tailed Lizard

sagittariidae
Spotted by
sagittariidae

San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jul 11, 2013
Submitted on Jul 26, 2013

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