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Dewlap - The flap of skin that lies under the chin. The dewlap can be extended during display and is an important component of iguana body language. For more information about iguana communication, see the Body Language page.
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www.greenigsociety.org/glossary.htm
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When dewlaps are relaxed, they flop down and sway when the iguana moves. In large iguanas, especially males, the dewlap is long, wide, and luxuriously silky, hanging in folds like a curtain.
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www.dummies.com/how-to/content/reading-an-iguanas-body-...
www.dummies.com/how-to/content/reading-an-iguanas-body-language.navId-323761.html?print=true
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Green Iguana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The green iguana or common iguana ( Iguana iguana ) is a large, arboreal herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana native to Central and South America. The green iguana ranges over a l...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Iguana
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Iguana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Iguana is a genus of lizard native to tropical areas of Central and South America and the Caribbean.(A few species of iguanas like the Fiji Banded Iguana are however found outside the New World). The...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana
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Hi Sandi, You are correct in that the igs dewlap should not look like that. It sounds like the people that had him before may have been using a heat rock and his dewlap has gotten burned/dried out from laying on the heat rock. ... ; You are here: Experts > Animals/Pets > Veterinary Medicine > Reptiles > green iguana dewlap;
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en.allexperts.com/q/Reptiles-704/2009/6/green-iguana-de...
en.allexperts.com/q/Reptiles-704/2009/6/green-iguana-dewlap.htm
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As you have noticed the neck area has a large flap of skin called the dewlap. The dewlap has a boney, hinged structure at the top that allows the iguana to fully extend the dewlap or pull it right up against the neck.
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en.allexperts.com/q/Reptiles-704/2009/1/iguana-18.htm
en.allexperts.com/q/Reptiles-704/2009/1/iguana-18.htm
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This is a large bodied iguana in which males can attain 90 cm ( 35 ½ inches) and females 68 cm ( 26 ¾ inches). With a typical ctenosaura like body, this species has a large green iguana-like dewlap, and a massive appearing cyclura-like head.
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www.westcoastiguana.com/melanosterna.htm
www.westcoastiguana.com/melanosterna.htm
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For example, sometimes when she is relaxing If I come into her enclosure too quickly and startle her, I get the 'Iguana stink eye' and a slowly extended dewlap.
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www.igg-girl.com/2009/08/body-language-dewlaps.html
www.igg-girl.com/2009/08/body-language-dewlaps.html
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Geographic Range: The green iguana is found over a large geographic area, ... Male iguanas can raise their dewlap to appear bigger than they really are, either to intimidate predators, or to impressive females. Both male and female green iguanas can store fat under their jaws and in their necks for times when there is not...
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www.thewildones.org/Animals/iguana.html
www.thewildones.org/Animals/iguana.html
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