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Hello Everyone,

I'm here in south Florida. We have plenty of green iguanas but today this guy showed up. Does anybody know what it is?

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Looks like a green iguana...lol.

If I'm right though, it looks female, and possibly gravid. Perhaps it's taken a darker tone to absorb heat from the sunlight better.
 
It looks totally different from the iguanas. Here's shot of one of the usual ones. On the new guy he has scales on his arms. The iguana does not. The size to length ratio is very different. The fins on the back are different. This is not the same lizard. Theres not even the big patch on the cheek like on the usual iguanas.

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It's the same species. Both have 'scales on their arms', it's just that you can't see them easily given the usual pattern and color. As others have pointed out, the one in the water is gravid, hence the large girth. The slight oddity of the dorsal scales on the one in the water is just normal damage you see in plenty of wild lizards. Finally, you can actually see the enlarged scale on the jowls of the one in the water if you look closely at the picture you posted.

It's *definitely* a green iguana.
 
Hey Mokele,

Thanks for the answer.

For the first guy that could only laugh at my question.......I don't know anything about these animals, ok. Not everyone has the same hobbies as you. That's why I came here. Was there really a need to laugh at me?

Forums are for the exchange of information.

Don't come to any of the forums I visit with less education on the subject than I do if I'm not allowed on yours without being ridiculed.

And don't bother flaming me. I won't be back.

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fatboy55 said:
For the first guy that could only laugh at my question.......I don't know anything about these animals, ok. Not everyone has the same hobbies as you. That's why I came here. Was there really a need to laugh at me?

Forums are for the exchange of information.
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No, there was no need to laught at you. thanks for bringing your question and pics here. :)
 
I beg your pardon, 'Fatboy'....but I didn't 'just laugh' at your post, I offered and answer to your question. There was no malice in my response. Just because there was a single 'lol' in my answer doesn't mean I was making fun of you. I wasn't rediculing you in ANY way. Just good natured kidding.
 
Why is it in a pool of water with cigarette butts in it? While they may soak periodically, it is not an aquatic lizard.
 
Is it clinging to a pier? That looks a bit like the side of a boat, and it would explain it's bedraggled appearance.

As for how it got there, IME they aren't exactly the most graceful lizards, so it may have just fallen in.
 
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