However, it will depend on how they are fed and taken care. Initially, iguana belongs to a humid and tropical climate. These are very energetic creatures in sunlight. When these reptile perceive any danger, they use their defense tools comprising their strong tail, claws, jaws and nails to protect themselves. Their Habitat: The baby green iguanas are mostly brought up in the rainforests in tropical regions particularly in places having lower altitudes and approachable water bodies like rivers and streams. They spend most of their time to grow in the forest generally at a height of forty to fifty feet from ground. This is a rare species now and under protection as imperiled species. These iguanas are not traded. The other specific type is Genus Amblyrhyncus also called marine iguanas or Galapagos Marine Iguana. The marine iguanas is the most arduous to be kept in confinement. They essentially feed on marine algae that are almost imposible to create commercially. Red iguanas should be furnished with a shallow container for their food and water. These containers should be regularly cleaned and disinfected to avert any infection. As iguanas like to climb up the branches of trees, you can place some branches, twigs, barks, rocks and broad limbs and similar material for them. Its tail also has a few whitish and grayish spots. Desert iguana climbs up the bushes in extreme hot days to find solace in cooler places. However, it can sustain to be active even at 115 degrees Fahrenheit in the hot desert climate. The desert iguana mostly finds refuge in bushes and it is lives on vegetables, fruits, buds, flowers and leaves of perennial and annual plants found in the desert. The different varieties of iguanas may have dissimilar looks, but all of them resemble in relation to their diet, habits. The different varieties of iguana are: 1. Ctenosaura- spiny-tailed iguana. 2. Dipsosaurus, - desert iguana 3. Cyclura - rhinoceros and rock iguana. 4. Lemanctus - casque-headed iguana.