Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 17, 1806
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 16
Additional Source Text:
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 28 Nov 1806 reads "Guanas" and adds" "(since dead)"
Notes:
Iguana is a genus of herbivorous lizards that are native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. There are several species of the genus; pictured here is Iguana iguana.
The Peale Museum received several other iguanas, as follows: on 2 July 1806 from James Johnston (living); on 18 June 1820 from Thomas Hayes (living, from Turks Island, now Grand Turk Island); on 26 Mar 1821 from Capt. Leonard Smith; on 7 July 1823 from J[oseph] B. Lippincott (a living iguana from Alvaredo, Colombia); on 8 Nov 1824 one each from Capt. Willis and from Alexander James Dallas (living); and on 26 May 1825 from [illeg. first name] Whelan (living). Accessions Book, pp. 16, 102, 105, 124, 125, and 126
Specimen Type:
Live (presumably eventually taxidermied/preserved)
Current Common Name:
Iguana
Current Scientific Name
Iguana iguana
