CaboSur
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Lizard or Iguana ?
This guy is hanging out in my backyard, kind of cute. My wife thinks otherwise.. Anyone can identify ?
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Iguana. As a kid I raised one to a bit over five feet. The one in the pic looks like a female.
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That is a spiny tailed iguana in the juvenile stage. When it gets a bit larger it will lose the green coloring.
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FEED IT !! Keep it around, it may fatten up enough for xmas dinner. I hear they taste like chicken....   
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The locals claim that eating them is good
for the pulmones.
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I think it's beautiful.
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Sna Paulina, I totally concur. A gorgeous creature, and so are many on the earth.
However, not ALL taste like chicken; some taste like Lobster, Venison, Ribeye, and Yellowtail... or better, COCHITO!!
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http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Care-Sheets/Spiny-Tailed-Igu...
There are some feeding tips. It's really good looking now.
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MMc thanks for the info, I'll see if i can train him ! Hopefully they won't reproduce rapidly or I will have an Iguana farm... lol !!
I have this Iguana living behind my wall. He/She? is probably the
papa or mama of the green one. It measures approx 20" head to end of tail and allows me get within about 4 feet then slowly crawls away
[img] Iguana Adult by Cabo Gringo, on Flickr[/img]
Also have a juvenile iguana hanging around measures about 14" head to tail.
[img] Iguana Spiny Tail by Cabo Gringo, on Flickr[/img]
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Oh my gosh they are all soo beautiful. I have a few geckos at our how in BOLA that I thoroughly enjoy. Would love one of these too!
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Quote: Originally posted by 24baja  | | Oh my gosh they are all soo beautiful. I have a few geckos at our how in BOLA that I thoroughly enjoy. Would love one of these too!
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We found this little guy last summer, LOVE the toes.
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P., that looks like a gecko with the spongy toes; don't Iguanas have claws?? I dunno, never skinned one of either. CUTE little beggar, tho!
...matches yer freckles.... wonder if that's an auto-defense mechanism...
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Paulina
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BB,
Yes, it's a gecko. I posted the photo in reply to Connie's post. I love them all. And yes, iguana's have claws. Unfortunately, no iguanas living in
Bahia.
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