By Hassan Dadashi Arani | 2025-08-25
Green iguana in Puerto Rico
On 08/20/2025 03:56 pm by Armando Caussade | Website | San Juan, Puerto Rico
I was driving my car at 3:56 pm last Wednesday as I returned from errands, and two blocks away from home I saw this green iguana crawling over the sidewalk. This specimen is similar to others I saw in previous occasions [see ECP #51154, #53976, #64681 and #72312]. This particular iguana measured just over a meter long and sported a subdued green color, highlighted with a pale orange hue through most of its body. Green iguanas (scientific name: Iguana iguana) are seasoned tree climbers, and a couple of seconds after I took this photograph the animal ran away and quickly jumped into a nearby tree.
Smartphone camera on Motorola G-Pure.
GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) on GNU/Linux. (1) Slight saturation adjustment.