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Hi all. I got an e-mail from a freind of mine in the Netherlands wanting to know the possiblity of housing Rhinos and Greens in the same enclosure. What do you all think about this? I have only kept a few of both these animals and virtually no experience with them. Thanks for your help. Tom Greb

Hi Tom,

Hope you are doing fine. It’s a long time that we have spoken each other by mail. Several years ago I was asking you for information about Sauromalus varius for my foundation. You help me excellent!
You also gave our foundation several pictures of the S. varius. Your information together with that of Henk Zwartepoorte from Blijdorp Zoo provide us with high-quality information. And with that we help other people.
But I got another question. Maybe you know ore you now people that knows information about the following. Is it possible to house Iguana iguana together with Cylura cornuta? I know people with that combination of animals. When they are free roaming they are together. Climate is almost the same so together in a tank, is that an option?

Best regards,
Evert Henningheim
Dutch Herbivore Lizard Foundation
Stichting Doelgroep Groene Leguanen
Phone: 31(0)20 621 37 36
Fax: 31(0)20 625 68 07
E-mail: evert.henningheim@sdgl.org

I hear the Cyclura are stronger than the green iguana, so it definitely will exert it's dominance over it and possibly kill it in the process. That's what I have heard from several websites.

Hi Tom, I have a female rhino (Kharma) free roaming my reptile room with my male green iguana. When she came along she was roughly 4 lbs. and is now 12 lbs. The ig has been 10 lbs this whole time. I have to say that it is an individual thing. I have another female rhino that I suspect would attack all other igs regardless of species or gender. She is housed alone.

This pairing works for me but I would hesitate to recommend it.

Carole
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I have never raised young Cyclura and Iguana together but have and do successfully keep adults together in free roaming situations. I imagine it would work in a large enclosure. Like Carole, I wouldn't necessarily recommend it but I do know that it works for me with some lizards, even 2 males. Not all of my Cyclura will tolerate a green but most have. I know of a couple other keepers that have cohabitating Cyclura and Iguana, also.

those lizards look fake...

It's been done a number of times, but it does not always work. In one instance a male rhino breed a female green, and the green did not survive the pregnancy.

I will pass it along. Tom