QUICK FACT: As Jamaica’s largest native land vertebrate, these iguanas are modern day dinosaurs with bright blue scales running down the spine of their backs.

THREATS: Invasive predators and ecosystem disruption.

IMPORTANCE: A major seed disperser that boosts dry-forest plant germination; a flagship for conservation.

Photo credit: Joey Markx

QUICK FACT: As Jamaica’s largest native land vertebrate, these iguanas are modern day dinosaurs with bright blue scales running down the spine of their backs.

THREATS: Invasive predators and ecosystem disruption.

IMPORTANCE: A major seed disperser that boosts dry-forest plant germination; a flagship for conservation.

Photo credit: Joey Markx