You also can try to hold the iguana upside-down and gently tug on their dewlap to get them to release their grip. How should you treat an iguana bite?

South Florida is home to two particularly problematic invasive species: Burmese pythons and green iguanas. The pythons live ...

A green iguana displays its dewlap while resting in an enclosure last week at the SPCA Tampa Bay in Largo. In lieu of verbal communications, iguanas use head bobbing and the movement of the flap ...

The markings on the dewlap when inflated appear to be a large eye which fools any predator into thinking the iguana is too huge an animal to prey upon.

A large mature male iguana basks in the sun impressing a female with his dewlap at the Miami Beach Golf Club. Dave Barry warns South Florida that the lizards have become more brazen.

A South Florida man accused of beating an iguana to death unsuccessfully sought to use Florida's controversial "stand your ground" law to dismiss the case.

A South Florida man accused of beating an iguana to death unsuccessfully sought to use Florida's controversial "stand your ground" law to dismiss the case.