They should be given fruits, vegetables, flowers insects and worms, etc., whatever they otherwise eat when they are wild. Apart from the proper food, they should be kept in proper clean and illuminated place where they can get sunlight. Sunrays provide them calcium needed for their proper digestion of food. Species such as the red iguana and also green iguana exist in huge numbers, but there are a few species similar to Fiji Island iguana as well as Brachylophus vitiensis, which are turning out to be in endangered category. However, many times, it is hard to distinguish iguanas. Most of the species act different and appear distinct. Exciting Facts About the Baby Green Iguana Iguanas to a variety of reptiles, which are mostly found all over Central and South America. There is a green breed of iguanas, that is commonly seen in Paraguay, Brazil, Mexico and Caribbean Islands. Green iguana is the favorite of hunters, but it is not yet considered as imperiled breed of animals anywhere as is sometimes misunderstood like that. There is a type of iguanas with a colorful skin. This variety is called red iguana. The most popular among the red iguanas is Red Sided Skink. This is a terrestrial variety, which is multicolored and is semi aquatic. They make their dwelling on rock plain in open forests of Eastern and Southerne Africa. The laying of eggs starts in early in August. The eggs will hatch after six months. The hatching is without the parent iguanas. The Rhinoceros Iguana becomes grown up adults in 3 years and they have life span of around 30 years. Rhinoceros Iguanas also get the heat from sun to keep their bodies warm. It has been mostly spotted by people in their backyards or found concealing itself behind the large rocks. The main food of desert iguana is flowers and leaves of many bushes. In order to control its body temperature, it will change its color from gray to clear white. It will have a darkest color in the morning when it is cold and gradually it turns its color to whitish in the afternoon to avoid feeling very hot.