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leguaan

(ˈlɛɡjʊən; ˈlɛɡʊˌɑːn)

(Animals) South African a large amphibious monitor lizard of the genus Varanus, esp V. niloticus (the water leguaan), which can grow up to 2 or 3 m. Also called: iguana

[C19: Dutch, from French l'iguane the iguana]

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I have seen the shine of myriad crocodile eyes when arriving there after dark and threading my way through the treeline with a spotlight--but oddly, I have never seen a croc there in daylight, nor have I ever seen drag marks of anything bigger than a leguaan on shore.

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She's the dung beetle giving birth, the leguaan that swells, the hyena leaking milk.

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(I should mention here that in some instances the wildlife was quite similar to that found here in Africa--such as kingfishers, doves, sunbirds, otters, cormorants, caimans.) We enjoyed watching the river dolphins that roll up out of the water blowing air like miniature hippos; we saw numerous bird species,--some spectacularly beautiful, giant otters, huge freshwater turtles, leguaans of several types, the already mentioned Marsh deer, and we also saw several freshwater rays, skidding under the boat like dirty plates with tails.