The word iguana is derived from a Spanish form of the Taíno name for the species: iwana. The species was first officially described by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The genus was first described in 1768 by Austrian naturalist Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti. Paleontologists discovered the fossilized remains of two almost-complete skeletons of this extinct critter in a dinosaur nesting site in northwestern Montana. The animal has … Continue reading Iguanas Diet, Breeding, and Other Species Information