The Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus ... and illegal poaching for the pet trade. Adding to the challenge, an invasive species—the green iguana (Iguana iguana, kind of anticlimactic) ...

These include the well-known marine iguanas of the Galapagos Islands ... predation by invasive rats and exploitation by smugglers feeding the exotic pet trade. Biologists had speculated, based on a ...

Of course, some iguanas are also kept as pets, which means their habitat is usually a well-maintained and monitored cage.