Meet October's Animal Ambassador

 Meet Lagarto! Lagarto is a Green Iguana (Iguana iguana).Iguanas are a large, arboreal herbivorous species of lizard. Iguanas are native to Central and South America. They can grow to 4.9 ft in length from head to tail, although a few specimens have grown more than 6.6 ft with body weights upward of 20 pounds.

The name Lagarto is Spanish for the word Lizard. Lagarto is a rescue from a pet store. She had a broken back leg. The shop owners wanted to "dispose" of her because she couldn't be sold with a   broken hind leg. Luckily Largarto found her way to NWE. With proper care her back leg has healed nicely. When Lagarto came to us in September of 2009 she was still a juvenile iguana. She was 12 inches long and weighed .79 lbs. Now Lagarto is 29 inches long and weights 2.3 lbs.   She is an active climber and loves to eat collard greens.

Lagarto has enjoyed her care so much that she has decided to lay eggs.
Pictured below is her vet x-ray of her abdomen full of non-fertilized eggs.