Allen's Cay Iguana

(Cyclura cychlura inornata)

IUCN Red List ranking: Endangered

Closely related to the Exuma Islands iguana, only two native breeding populations of this subspecies are known, both in the Exumas chain in the Bahamas, on Leaf and U Cay.  Two other populations have been established through translocations. The entire population is estimated at 1,000 iguanas.  The natural history of this iguana is perhaps the best understood of any rock iguana due to a 20-year population monitoring and research program.  The Allen's Cay iguana is extremely well known to many tourists in the Bahamas because boat operators make regular stopovers to the island.  The iguanas are so accustomed to tourists that they wait on the beach to be fed handouts, making them easy targets for poachers.  In fact, the only real threat to this iguana is removal by humans.

For more detailed species information, please refer to the IUCN-ISG Taxonomic Account for Allen's Cay Iguana, Cyclura cychlura inornata