Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Green Iguana ORDER - SAURIA FAMILY - Iguanidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Iguana iguana SYNONYMS - Iguana iguana rhinolopha, Wiegman and Lacerta iguana, Linnaeus, 1758 REFERENCES - 4 and 1 District Reference Orange Walk, Belize 1 Corozal, Belize 1 Belize, Belize 1 Cayo, Belize 1 Stann Creek, Belize 1 Toledo, Belize 1 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 1 Government land 1 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve 1 Community Baboon Sanctuary 1 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) 1 Private land, see comments 1 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Private 1 Xunantunich Archaeological Reserve 1 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 1 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 1 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 1 Chiquibul National Park 1 Bladen Nature Reserve 1 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument 1 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Wet season 2 Chiquibul National Park Wet season 2 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Sighting Wet season 3 Hydrologic Association Reference Macal River 2 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 2 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 3 1 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Marine 3 General Distribution Comments 2* Guacamallo Bridge References 1 Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize. Report to National Protected Areas Management Project. 2 Barlow, S. C., G. B. Caddick. 1989. Report on the Status of the Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao, in Belize, Central America. Unpublished report. 3 Miller, C. M. 1995. Unpublished field notes, Half Moon Caye Natural Monument, 21-22 Oct. 4 Lee, Julian C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre
01/19/98