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Male Iguana
Iguana

Location

Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Date

09/06/2016

Description

Along with the many thousands of plant-eating insects, some vertebrates also eat leaves. One of these vegetarians is the green iguana, a big mainly arboreal lizard. When young, the animals are bright green and hard to spot in the vegetation.

Photo Link

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGdQkEkg23U/

Learn More

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_iguana
Christian Ziegler
Tropical biologist turned photojournalist for Max-Planck for Animal Behavior and NatGeo.
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