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- ...that the Lesser Antillean Iguana (pictured) uses a nasal salt gland to rid its body of excess potassium from its herbivorous diet?
- ... that the Isthmian Alligator Lizard, native to Costa Rica and Panama, was not seen for 50 years?
- ...that a trio of pet Mexican Spinytailed Iguanas released on Gasparilla Island, Florida by a resident in the 1970s has led to a current population explosion of over 12,000 lizards?
- ... that there are two colour forms of the sharp-snouted rock lizard and both provide camouflage on the limestone cliffs on which they live?
- ... that the Fiji Crested Iguana (pictured) was discovered when a scientist saw the lizard in the 1980 film Blue Lagoon?