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Jamaican iguana
Conservation status
Jamaican iguana
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Cyclura
Species:
C. collei
Binomial name
Cyclura collei
Gray, 1845

The Jamaican iguana (Cyclura collei), also known commonly as Colley's iguana, is a large species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica. It is critically endangered, even considered extinct between 1948 and 1990. Once found throughout Jamaica and on the offshore islets Great Goat Island and Little Goat Island, it is now confined to the forests of the Hellshire Hills.

  1. ^ Grant, T.D.; Gibson, R.; Wilson, B.S. (2010). "Cyclura collei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T6027A12337339. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T6027A12337339.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

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