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SUBMITTER: van den Burg MP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10075515 | biostudies-literature | 2023
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources 20230404 4
The populations of native iguanas in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles are threatened by the wide occurrence and spread of non-native iguanas. Until recently, competitive hybridization was not believed to threaten the Saba Green Iguana, a subpopulation of <i>Iguana iguana</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) from the island of Saba. However, the arrival of non-native iguanas has put the native population at risk, leading to a change in the conservation status of the Saba Green Iguana to Critically Endangered, accor ...[more]