panaji a juvenile of a green iguana iguana iguana a herbivorous lizard preferred by many hobbyists for its bright colours and quiet nature that was recently rescued at chapora is being tended to at a rescue centre at bicholimthe sudden appearance of the barely onefoot lizard also called american iguana at his doorstep surprised nilesh v gaonkar a resident of bandirwada chapora we were puzzled by its sight and didnt know what to do with it we immediately called a snake rescuer of animal rescue squad ars bicholim said gaonkara few hours later gautam kamble a volunteer with the voluntary organisation reached the spot and rescued the reptile it was taken to the ars centre at bicholimwe have kept the lizard in a cage and it is being looked after with due care said amrut singh of arsthe lizard which grows up to 56 feet or even 66 feet in some cases weighs more than 9 kg maintaining an iguana as a pet is quite difficult as it needs space and enough heat to keep it warmit is cold blooded and needs to be put out in the sunshine for basking and if it is cold an ultraviolet b light said singhbeing an exotic speciesits native range is from southern paraguay to mexicoit was probably brought in by some foreign tourist said ars which is considering relocating the reptile to the rajiv gandhi zoological park a wild animals rescue and rehabilitation centre at pune we have contacted the pune animal park which we have learnt has some iguanas said singh