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Greene iguana

Iguana iguana

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Class: Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Squamoses (Squamata)
Suborder: Lizards (Lacertilia)
Family: Iguanas (Iguanidae)
Name: Fred


  • Lives in tropical forest
  • Eats plants
  • Is active during the day
  • Egg-laying animals
  • Non-venomous

  • It is found from North Mexico up to the Central part of South America. The life span is about 30 years.
  • Adult specimens can attain 2 meters in length and weigh more than 5 kg. Males are characterized by a crest from the head up to the middle of the tail.
  • Every year more than 800000 specimens are exported for sale to zoological shops all round the world, besides, these animals strongly suffer also from the local population who eat not only the lizards themselves, but also their eggs.


Working hours
10 a.m. to
6 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday
During autumn, spring and summer vacations, and on official holidays Exotarium is open everyday.
The scheme how to reach us
Our address: 300002, Russia, Tula, Oktyabrskaya str., bld. 26.
Phone number: 7 (4872) 47-53-92
You can arrive: fixed-run taxies # 1, 1t, 8, 9, 6t, 11, 12t, 21, 23, 24, 32, 34, 36, 41
buses # 1, 8, 9, 21, 36
trolley-buses № 1, 4, 6
tram № 12
the Zarechie district, Lunacharskogo or Arsenalnaya str.
Entrance tickets:
Children - 50 roubles (children under the age of 3 go for free)
Adults - 90 roubles.
Reduced fair tickets - 30 roubles (available for senior citizens, disabled people, etc.)