http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=241540


"THE Biosecurity Authority of Fiji has warned people not to eat the American iguana following latest reports that it can transmit salmonella bacteria to humans if consumed.

The report said in Florida in America and Puerto Rico and Mexico, the American iguanas devour large quantities of ornamentals and damage landscape planting of hotels and resorts.

"In addition they like to sunbathe in areas where tourists also like to sunbathe," the report stated.




http://www.greenigsociety.org/feraligs.htm


Down in the Keys iguana run through neighborhoods and will even sit right in the middle of the street! Feral iguanas are growing in number throughout southern FL. I'm guilty of turning one loose years ago... He outgrew his cage and I lived on the boundary to an old zoo. There were already Amazonian crocodile, anaconda, and monkeys that had been set free on the same property.

Along with iguana, turtles and bearded dragons are also carriers of salmonella bacteria.