The Antillean Iguana is one of the two Iguana species in the Lesser Antilles and is very similar to the Green Iguana (Iguana iguana). To the layman, these two species are identical, but you can clearly distinguish them:
The Green Iguana has an enlarged scale (sublabial scale) on the cheek below the ear flap and the clearly recognisable black-green bands on the tail; these features are absent in the Antillean Iguana.
The Antillean iguana is somewhat smaller than the Green iguana.
Males reach a maximum length of about 1.35m and females 1.25m.
Adults weigh between 1.5 - 3kg.
Sexually mature male Antillean iguanas, sometimes also females, develop remarkable pink cheeks.
As the native Antillean iguana ages, its body colour changes from green to light grey. Females, however, sometimes maintain a somewhat green body colour. The common Green Iguana designation is therefore somewhat unfortunate, because the species comes in different colour variants (for example: black, blue, green, orange, grey), and because female Antillean iguanas retain a lot of green and can thus be mistaken for common green iguanas.
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