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Carnivoro
06-30-04, 02:48 PM
Hi Guys

Here my Male Green Iguana,i love this guy,have a lot of personality... hope you like?
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/4613HPIM0315.JPG
And the baby.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/4613HPIM0348.JPG

thanks for look... Carnivoro.

Pixie
07-01-04, 10:00 AM
Very nice iggys!!! :)

Are they green iguanas (iguana iguana) or a different sub-species?

Second one is a little cutie pie!

Pixie

Carnivoro
07-01-04, 03:29 PM
Thanks! im glad you liked
They are iguanas iguanas...


Carnivoro:)

klein
07-05-04, 11:08 AM
great pics, they are cute!!!

Green Jhubs
07-05-04, 12:39 PM
i am new here. i ran across ur pic, he is a nice, bright green

C.m.pyrrhus
07-05-04, 01:00 PM
Are they green iguanas (iguana iguana) or a different sub-species?

Here in this picture, I have circled the large subtympanal scales that help identify the Green Iguana,Iguana iguana. Another closely related iguana, the Lesser Antillean Iguana, Iguana delicatissima, does not have these large scales. As young, they look almost identical except for this one scale. As adults, they lack the tail banding that the Green Iggy has and take on more of a rock iguana appearance. Hope this helps a tad bit. :)

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/3136/greeniggy.jpg

Pixie
07-05-04, 02:48 PM
Thank you for the details, much appreciated :)

It was the second picture that made me ask the question but I can see the subtympanal scale on that one too.

I'm not used to seeing wee young ones and with the bright turquoise color splashes it threw me off even more.

They sure are cute!

Pixie

Linds
07-06-04, 05:01 PM
Great colour on him!

Carnivoro
07-14-04, 07:57 PM
Thanks very much guys, im glad you like them...