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Lesser Antillean Iguana Iguana delicatissima

Photo: Rotem Zilber

Classification

Iguanidae [family]
Iguana [genus] (3)
delicatissima [species]

Classification

Iguanidae [family]
Iguana [genus] (3)
delicatissima [species]

Legislation and policy ?

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Critically Endangered (CR)
Population trend decreasing
CITES species of CITES Appendix II
SPAW Protocol species of SPAW Annex III

Publications

  • Bos, O.G., Bakker, P.A.J., Henkens, R., Debrot, A.O. & Freitas, J. de 2018. Preliminary checklist of extant endemic species and subspecies of the windward Saba and the Saba Bank. 65. Wageningen Marine Research Report no. C067.18.
  • CITES 2015. Checklist of CITES Species. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. [link]
  • IUCN 2018. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2018-1. IUCN. [link]
  • MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
  • SPAW Protocol 1990. Protocol concerning specially protected areas and wildlife to the convention for the protection and development of the marine environment of the wider Caribbean region. The Caribbean Environment Programme. [link]