A male rhinoceros iguana, Pedernales, Dominican Republic
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Iguania
Family:
Iguanidae
Genus:
Cyclura
Species:
C. cornuta
Binomial name
Cyclura cornuta
(Bonnaterre, 1789)
Subspecies
C. c. cornuta
†C. c. onchiopsis
The 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. A large lizard, they vary in length from 60 to 136 centimetres (24 to 54 in), and 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. It is known to coexist with the Ricord's iguana (C. ricordii); the two species are the only taxa of rock iguana to do so.
^Pasachnik, S.A.; Carreras De León, R. (2019). "Cyclura cornuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6042A3099941. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T6042A3099941.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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