Cyclura nubila caymanensis [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Cyclura nubila caymanensis
The Lesser Caymans iguana ("Cyclura nubila caymanensis"), also known as the Cayman Brac iguana, Cayman Island brown iguana or Sister Isles iguana, is a critically endangered subspecies of the Cuban iguana ("Cyclura nubila"). It is native to two islands to the south of Cuba: Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are also known as the Sister Isles due to their similar shapes and close proximity to each other. This subspecies is in decline due to habitat encroachment by human development and
, formally described the Lesser Caymans iguana for the first time as a subspecies: "Cyclura macleayi caymanensis".
In 1975 Albert Schwartz and Thomas established the trinomial nomenclature, "Cyclura nubila caymanensis" for the Lesser Cayman iguana. They maintained that this lizard was a subspecies of "Cyclura nubila", commonly known as the Cuban rock iguana (the population from which it evolved and can breed with if placed together under artificial conditions).
Anatomy and morphology.
The Lesser Caymans iguana, "Cyclura nubila caymanensis"