Alien lizard species posing potential threat to ecology: officials

Taipei, Nov. 16 (CNA) The green iguana (綠鬣蜥), also known as the American iguana, an introduced species that is native to Central and South America and the Caribbean, could pose a potential threat to Taiwan's ecology if they continue to find their way from their owners into the wild, officials in Tainan said Wednesday.

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