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Where does the West Indian iguana live?

Iguana delicatissima has 563 records in 12 countries and territories, from 1914 to 2026. Most records come from Guadeloupe.

West Indian iguana
West Indian iguana — Photo: Postdlf · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataSquamataIguanidaeIguana

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19142026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Guadeloupe 222
Martinique 93
Dominica 92
Bonaire 90
Saint Barthélemy 50
Anguilla 5
Saint Martin 4
Antigua & Barbuda 2
St Kitts & Nevis 2
Brazil 1
Nicaragua 1
ZZ 1

Related animals

Others in the family Iguanidae.

Green iguana
Green iguana
77,048 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.