OuiSi Nature card 170: Male Iguana. Photograph by Christian Ziegler The whole photograph behind card 170: Male Iguana. Photograph by Christian Ziegler

OuiSi Nature · Card 170

Male Iguana

Iguana

Location
Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Date
June 9, 2016
Photograph byChristian Ziegler

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.

Christian Ziegler

The photographer

Christian Ziegler

Tropical biologist turned photojournalist for Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and NatGeo.

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OuiSi Nature card 170: Male Iguana. Photograph by Christian Ziegler The whole photograph behind card 170: Male Iguana. Photograph by Christian Ziegler

Male Iguana

Photograph by Christian Ziegler