Iguanas, now among the invasive species in Anguilla, are populating much of the island with reports that they are being seen in various locations.
What is more is that they, and their offsprings, frequently appear in public roads and near buildings thus, with some caution, advancing to an extent from heavily-vegetated areas.
Iguanas were first seen in Anguilla, in the Brimigen area, on the north coast, following Hurricane Lenny in 1999 when a quantity of logs washed up on the east coast of the island. There has been some conjecture that this may have been one of the ways in which some of the iguanas made their way into Anguilla.
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia, defines an iguana as: “a genus of herbivorous lizards native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, several islands in Polynesia such as Fiji and Tonga and the Caribbean.”
Other invasive species on the island are the frogs which are a nuisance to householders with unprotected access to cisterns and other water catchments.
