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Rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) relaxing in an enclosure : (pix Sanjiv Shukla) #319072505
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Rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) is an endangered species of iguana that is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and its surrounding islands. Itâs a large-bodied, heavy-headed lizard with strong legs and a vertically flattened tail. Its skin colours range from a steely grey to a dark green and even brown. Their name derives from the bony-plated pseudo-horn or outgrowth which resembles the horn of a rhinoceros on the iguana's snout.