Green iguana
An adult Green Iguana in Costa Rica
A juvenile Green Iguana in Grand Cayman
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Iguana
Species:	Template:Taxonomy/IguanaI. iguana
Binomial name
Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
I. i. iguana I. i. insularis I. i. melanoderma I. i. sanctaluciae
Native range in green (does not include the recent colonization of Anguilla in 1995 following hurricanes); introduced range in red
Synonyms
Lacerta iguana Linnaeus, 1758 Hypsilophus tuberculatus Wagler 1830 Iguana hernandessi Jan 1857 Iguana iguana rhinolopha Wiegman, 1834 Hypsilophus rhinolophus Fitzinger, 1843 Iguana rhinolopha Dumeril & Bibron, 1837 Iguana rhinolophus Günther, 1885

The green iguana or common iguana (Iguana iguana) is a lizard native to Central and South America and the Caribbean. It is an arboreal herbivorous species that belongs to the genus Iguana.