Iguanids of the United States
Iguanids range from 4" to 72" in length. A typical iguanid is of moderate size, has 5 clawed toes on each of four legs, and a long tail. Its teeth are attached to a ledge on the inside of the jaw. Most species are either arboreal or terrestrial and feed on insects and other invertbrates, but some, like Dipsosaurus and Sauromalus eat leaves, fruit, and blossoms. Except for a very few species that live in cool mountina habitiats and give birth to living young, iguanids are egg-layers. Clutches of many eggs or offspring are the rule, but Anolis lays one one egg every couple of weeks.
Iguanids are possibly the most visually orientated of all lizards. They communicate at a distance by a show of color and behavioral signals. Mates are courted, territories defended, and interlopers driven off by elaborate and precisely timed combinations of head-bobbing, body push-ups, and open mouth displays that are unique to each species. Some further enhance the effect bu curling the tail, inflating the chest and throat, or extending the throatfan, all of which expose a bright patch of color to the view of another lizard. Some species exhibit intense color during mating season.
There are 52 species of Iguanids in the U.S.
Found in southern Virginia to the Florida Keys, west to central Texas and Oklahoma.
Introduced into Miami, Florida. Native to the Carribean Islands.
Introduced into northeast Dade County, Florida. Native to Hispaniola.
Introduced to southern Florida from the Bahamas and Hispaniola.
Introduced into Dade and Broward counties, Florida. Native to Cuba.
Introduced into peninsular Florida. Native to Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas
Found from central Nevada and extreme southwestern Utah, south through Arizona and southeastern California into Mexico.
Found fro, central Arizona through southern Texas and into Mexico.
Found from eastern Utah and Colorado to extreme southwestern Illinois, south through central Texas into Mexico and west into central Arizona.
Found from southeastern Oregon and adjacent Idaho, western Utah, south into Arizona and southeastern California.
Found from the Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas and adjacent Mexico.
Introduced into southern Texas at Brownsville and southern Florida at Miami. Native to Mexico.
Found from southern California, Nevada, and western Arizona south into Mexico.
Found in the San Joaquin Valley and surrounding foothill in California.
Found from southern Oregon and Idaho to southwestern Wyoming south to western Texas and into Mexico, west through southern California and Baja Califormia.
Found from central and southern Texas and adjacent Mexico.
Found from southern South dakota through the Great Plains to central Texas, west through most of New Mexico, Colorado, and extreme southeastern Wyoming.
Found in southern Texas and into Mexico.
Introduced into Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Native to Central and north South America.
Introduced into southern Florida. native to Cuba and the Bahamas.
Found from southern California into northern Baja California.
Found from Kansas to Texas and west to southeastern Arizona with isolated population in Louisiana and introduced in northern Florida.
Found in most of western California into Baja California.
Found from southern British Columbia to northern Calfornia, southern Idaho, and most of Utah, southern Saskatchenwan, southeast to Kansas, and south into Mexico. Sperate populations in western Texas.
Found from southeastern California and adjacent Arizona and Mexico.
Found from southeastern Arizona through southern New Mexico to western Texas, and south into Mexico.
Found from southeastern Oregon and southern Idaho south through eastern California and western Arizona into Mexico.
Found from southern Arizona into Mexico.
Found from southeastern California, southern Nevada, Utah, western Arizona and adjacent Mexico.
Found from central and southern Arizona to southwestern New Mexico into Mexico.
Found from southern Texas along the Rio Grande and into Mexico.
Found from southern Montana to northwestern New Mexico and west to Washington, Oregon.
Found from extreme southern Texas and into Mexico.
Found from southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
Found from southern Nevada south into Baja California and southeast through Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas with an isolated population in central California.
Found from southwestern Texas and adjacent Mexico.
Found from central Idaho south through Nevada and west to the Pacific coast.
Found from extreme south-central Oklahoma through the prairie of central Texas and into Mexico.
Found from southern California and the Baja peninsula.
Found from southern New Mexico to central Texas and south into Mexico.
Found from the mountains of southeastern Arizona and extreme southwestern New Mexico into Mexico.
Found from Delaware to Florida and west to New Mexico and Arizona.
Found from extreme south-central Texas to Costa Rica.
Found from extreme southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico and adjacent Mexico.
Found in central and southern Florida.
Found in the Coachella Valley and San Gorgonio Pass, Riverside County, California.
Found in southeastern California, southwestern Arizona and adjacent Mexico.
Found in the Mojave Desert in California and extreme western Yuma County, Arizona.
Found in southern Nevada, western Arizona, southeastern California, and adjacent Mexico.
Found in extreme southern California into central Baja California.
Found in extreme southwestern Wyoming, southeast to south-central Texas and west to extreme southeastern California.
Found from central Washington southeast to western Texas and Mexico, west to the Pacific coast and Baja California, north through central and eastern california to central Oregon.
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