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The 'Rhinoceros Iguana' (''Cyclura cornuta'') is an endangered species of lizard of the genus cyclura that is primarily found on the Caribbean islands. They are native to Haiti (as well as the Dominican Republic.) They vary in length from 2 to 4 1/2 feet and skin colors range from a steely gray to a dark green and even brown. Their name derives from the fact that the reptiles possess a bony-plated pseudo-horn or outgrowth which resembles the horn of a rhinoceros.
The Rhinoceros Iguana is a primarily omnivorous species like their other relatives. Their diet often consists of insects, and fleshy fruit. However, Rhinoceros Iguanas have been known to eat small lizards, snakes, and leaf matter. They also consume as a favored food, bird eggs.
Rhinoceros Iguanas are territorial and have distinct territories in which the largest and most aggressive male will be the dominant male, and will afterwards have the largest range of territory.
Approximately 10-16,000 of these animals are left in the wild.
Due to their threatened status as a result of habitat destruction and predation by feral animals it is almost entirely prohibited for them to be imported or exported for the pet trade; this is enforced by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species).Alberts, Carter, Hayes, Martins. (2004). '' Iguanas: Biology and Conservation''(Hardcover), pages 36 ISBN 0-520-23854-0 Most animals in public and private collections are the result of captive breeding programs.
★ Mona Ground Iguana (''Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri'')
★ Flickr pictures: 'Rhinocerous Iguana', 'Rhinocerous Iguana (closer)'
★ Iguana at PhotoSig.com
The 'Rhinoceros Iguana' (''Cyclura cornuta'') is an endangered species of lizard of the genus cyclura that is primarily found on the Caribbean islands. They are native to Haiti (as well as the Dominican Republic.) They vary in length from 2 to 4 1/2 feet and skin colors range from a steely gray to a dark green and even brown. Their name derives from the fact that the reptiles possess a bony-plated pseudo-horn or outgrowth which resembles the horn of a rhinoceros.
| Contents |
| Diet |
| Socialness |
| Endangerment |
| References |
| See also |
| External links |
Diet
The Rhinoceros Iguana is a primarily omnivorous species like their other relatives. Their diet often consists of insects, and fleshy fruit. However, Rhinoceros Iguanas have been known to eat small lizards, snakes, and leaf matter. They also consume as a favored food, bird eggs.
Socialness
Rhinoceros Iguanas are territorial and have distinct territories in which the largest and most aggressive male will be the dominant male, and will afterwards have the largest range of territory.
Endangerment
Approximately 10-16,000 of these animals are left in the wild.
Due to their threatened status as a result of habitat destruction and predation by feral animals it is almost entirely prohibited for them to be imported or exported for the pet trade; this is enforced by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species).Alberts, Carter, Hayes, Martins. (2004). '' Iguanas: Biology and Conservation''(Hardcover), pages 36 ISBN 0-520-23854-0 Most animals in public and private collections are the result of captive breeding programs.
References
See also
★ Mona Ground Iguana (''Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri'')
External links
★ Flickr pictures: 'Rhinocerous Iguana', 'Rhinocerous Iguana (closer)'
★ Iguana at PhotoSig.com
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