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Rhinoceros Iguana
Cyclura cornuta
Status:Vulnerable
Description
The Rhinoceros Iguana is a large ground-dwelling lizard.
It gets its name from the outgrowths, like horns, on the end of its nose.
It is a very powerful lizard with a very long tail. Like other reptiles it is
cold-blooded and needs to bask in the sun before it can become active.
Dominican Republic, the Caribbean.
The rhinoceros iguana is a ground-dwelling
species
.
It lives among rocks and areas of open scrub.
Many other iguanas are
arboreal
. This means they live in trees where they are safe
from possible predators.
Threats
Loss of habitat.
Diet
Herbivore
. Eats mainly vegetation. Occasionally it may eat some insects
Did you know?
The rhinoceros iguana is one of a large family of lizards,
the iguanas. Other lizards in this family can swim in the sea or stand up on
two legs and 'walk' on water!
Seasonal activity
Statistics
Size : Up to 120 cm long
Current
population
: not available
Video by by BBC Natural History Unit Picture Library
Image in page by by Ken King, Planet Earth Pictures
This file last updated Monday, November 3, 1997
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