📸 PhotoPhoto: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
Cyclura lewisi (Grand Cayman Blue Iguana · Grand Cayman Blue Iguana)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A length of 1.5 m is similar to the height of an upper-grade elementary school child (Comparison).
- 💡 The Smithsonian highlights predation by feral dogs, feral cats, and Norway rats as a major threat—an example of the harm caused when human-associated animals spread into the wild.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Grand Cayman Blue Iguana is a blue-tinged iguana endemic to Grand Cayman Island in the Caribbean, whose body turns an even deeper blue during the breeding season.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its skin is dusty blue to grey with faint crossbands, and it grows over 1.5 m from snout to tail tip and can weigh over 11 kg.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds mainly on leaves, stems, fruits, and flowers. Mating takes place from April to June; females dig burrows over 30 cm deep in sand to lay up to 20 eggs, which hatch after 60–90 days.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List EN (2012) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44275/2994409
- • IUCN Red List category EN — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 32YT6
- • iucnredlist.org — 2994409
- • wikidata.org — Q730112
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi) male.JPG
- • nationalzoo.si.edu — grand-cayman-blue-iguana
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Sachin Bhardwaj Lock · CC0 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Cyclura collei)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.