Some of them possess bright colors and the others have brilliant or dull colors. Every single species of iguanas owns different features because it originates from a different home ground. Iguana as pets: Many people in America are keeping iguanas as their pets. They think that they can save them from being extinct this way. They have their main habitation particularly in Caribbean Sea and Hispaniola islands in North America. There is another species related to Rhinoceros Iguana found in Navassa and that is almost on the verge of extinction. The scientific name for Rhinoceros Iguana is cyclura comuta. Here are some critical characteristics about this species. You can consider some of possibilities for iguana enclosures as discussed below: One of the options is to make a shelter for iguana in a closet. It may though take some time to recycle the closet, but it will make a perfect home for iguana. You can use a secured closet. The size should be big enough for iguana to roam around in it. You can feed them all through the day also, but take care to feed in small quantities. Take specific care not to feed iguanas heavily before they sleep. The size and growth of iguanas depends on the quantity of food fed to them. The best way to determine the quantity is to allow it to eat to its fill and find out how much it needs for one feed. The red iguanas are becoming very popular as pet like green iguanas and you can often find them in the back garden or inside the homes. You have to provide for certain necessities to bring up iguana in the new environment as a pet. Proper shelter: First of all the iguana is to be provided a proper dwelling. Desert Iguana makes it habitat in abandoned burrows of kangaroo rats. In southern parts, it is mostly found in deciduous forests or subtropical areas. Desert Iguana Features: Matured desert iguana is between 10 inch and 16 inch in length. It has a roundish and large body and a long tail. It has a brownish head with a special reddish brown outline like a net.