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Community photo entitled  by Armando Caussade on 08/06/2022 at San Juan, Puerto Rico

On 08/06/2022 03:24 pm by Armando Caussade| San Juan, Puerto Rico

I was driving my car around 3:30 pm on Saturday as I came back from the hardware store, and two blocks away from home I saw this green iguana crawling right in the middle of the street. This particular specimen measured about a meter long, with the tail accounting for about half of this. These lizards require a large amount of ultraviolet B light (UVB), explaining why they are commonly seen around early to mid-afternoon when the tropical sun is near the zenith. Green iguanas (Iguana iguana) are an introduced species in Puerto Rico, where the favorable warm climate has allowed them to thrive; they can now be seen everywhere in the island.

Smartphone camera on Motorola G-Pure.

GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) on GNU/Linux. (1) Levels adjustment to improve contrast, (2) crop to 3,000 x 2,000 from the original at 4,160 x 3,120.