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Grand Cayman iguana
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Also the only place to see the islands' famous blue iguanas.

The blue iguana's eggs are among the largest laid by any lizard.

The blue iguana's eyes have a golden iris and red sclera.

The blue iguana's vegetarian diet includes plants, fruits, and flowers.

The blue iguana is found only on the island of Grand Cayman.

Maintenance of blue iguanas in the wild requires active management into the indefinite future.

The blue iguana is established in captivity, both in public and private collections.

The blue iguana's toes are articulated to be efficient in digging and climbing trees.

The adult blue iguana is typically dark gray matching the karst rock of its landscape.

The Grand Cayman blue iguana is now recognized as a separate species.

As blue iguanas have only a few rod cells, they have poor vision in low-light conditions.

The blue iguana is one of the longest-living species of lizard (possibly up to 69 years).

The Indianapolis Zoo has had success with breeding the blue iguana in captivity twice since the year 2000.

Bright sunlight glints off the hood and the road signs, chasing a blue iguana beneath a green roadside bush.

Conversion of traditional crop lands to cattle pasture is also eliminating secondary blue iguana habitat.

One such project would include fund raising for the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme.

The blue iguanas occupy rock holes and tree cavities, and as adults are primarily terrestrial.

It far outnumbers the endemic blue iguana.

In September 2013, Brevard Zoo will introduce a blue iguana exhibit.

The range of the blue iguana has contracted significantly over the past 25 years, with many sites once populated now showing no signs of iguanas.

The wild population of blue iguanas had been reduced from a near island-wide distribution to a non-viable, fragmented remnant.

Hitting headlines recently is some success in Grand Cayman with the Blue Iguana.

These seeds in the fruits consumed by the blue iguana have an adaptive advantage by sprouting before the end of very short rainy seasons.

More than anything, "Dancing at the Blue Iguana" is an acting showcase that allows its stars to strut their emotional range.

First song performed at the long-closed Blue Iguana in Houston, TX.

Grand Cayman iguana (Cyclura lewisi)

Their first project was a captive breeding program for the Grand Cayman iguana, which at the time was the most critically endangered of all the species of Cyclura.

The blue iguana or Grand Cayman iguana (Cyclura lewisi) is an endangered species of lizard of the genus Cyclura endemic to the island of Grand Cayman.

This subspecies has been introduced to Grand Cayman, where it has interbred with that island's native Blue iguana, (Cyclura Lewisi).