Anyone know what this is?

[Cathie G]

I don't know much about any of them (even though I lived around them) but it looks more like an iguana to me also. It's just the splines down the middle of it's back that makes me think that. I have seen in person reptiles coming out of hibernation in Ohio at the Columbus zoo. I thought the alligator wasn't real and was a cement statue because of it's color. It looked like mud. Maybe an iguana that for some reason didn't get enough sunshine. But, I can't believe that animal was kept in the wild because it also looks like a cement muddy statue like the one at the zoo. The alligators I saw in the wild never looked like that. Nor the iguanas. They were beautiful.

 

[TammyJ]

It's definitely not an iguana. It's a crocodilian for sure. Look at the double row of raised scutes along it's back and tail.

 

[Cathie G]

It's definitely not an iguana. It's a crocodilian for sure. Look at the double row of raised scutes along it's back and tail.

Oh okay. I don't remember alligators having that. I did check out crocodiles too but couldn't get a good picture of either one for some reason. It's been a long time since I've seen alligators in the wild.

 

[TammyJ]

I am thinking that he is a real survivor. Was terribly injured maybe when he was younger, and somehow made it.

 

[Cathie G]

I've looked again and found that the animal that has the tall splines down it's back chewed up or not is an iguana. The alligators don't have that. It's also not what I've seen in the past. I'll check out crocodiles.🤗

 

[Cathie G]

I've looked again and found that the animal that has the tall splines down it's back chewed up or not is an iguana. The alligators don't have that. It's also not what I've seen in the past. I'll check out crocodiles.🤗

And in all ways it is a true survivor. It should have a lot of colors.

 

[Cathie G]

And in all ways it is a true survivor. It should have a lot of colors.

Crocodiles don't have the splines down it's back either.

 

[TammyJ]

I would like to know where exactly the video was taken.

 

[Cathie G]

I would like to know where exactly the video was taken.

Me too. Whatever the critter is it didn't get enough sunshine. So it's not wild. I just don't remember alligators or crocodiles having a raised spline down their back like that and couldn't find a picture showing that either.

 

[jaizei]

Me too. Whatever the critter is it didn't get enough sunshine. So it's not wild. I just don't remember alligators or crocodiles having a raised spline down their back like that and couldn't find a picture showing that either.

Watch right when its going towards/ into the water at the end, you can see the multiple rows of scutes. the base of the tail is flatter and the outside scutes converge into a single row towards end of tail.

 

[TammyJ]

Watch right when its going towards/ into the water at the end, you can see the multiple rows of scutes. the base of the tail is flatter and the outside scutes converge into a single row towards end of tail.

Exactly. Typical crocodilian, whether croc, gator, caiman or gharial.

 

[Wpagey]

Definitely NOT iguana!

 

[Cathie G]

Watch right when its going towards/ into the water at the end, you can see the multiple rows of scutes. the base of the tail is flatter and the outside scutes converge into a single row towards end of tail.

Sorry maybe I can't see like I used to. I still can only find pictures of alligators and crocodiles with no tall splines down their back. However there is taller splines down the tails of them.

 

[jeff kushner]

You guys are all sharper than I am...I took one look and thought, it's a How to Train your Dragon, lizard.

 

[zovick]

https://imgur.com/a/IusXB7q

@wellington et al: It is a Rhinoceros Iguana or some very close relative of one.

Here is a link to pix of one from the International Iguana Foundation: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url...ved=0CA4QjRxqFwoTCIiS6v-84f0CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAR

 

[wellington]

@wellington et al: It is a Rhinoceros Iguana or some very close relative of one.

Here is a link to pix of one from the International Iguana Foundation: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https://www.animalspot.net/rhino-iguana.html&psig=AOvVaw2IJ7KO8c-vsbzIQznGqaVS&ust=1679091388809000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA4QjRxqFwoTCIiS6v-84f0CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAR

But does the rhino lizard have two lines of spines down their back and tail? The one in question does.
That probably is the closest to it, but not sure it is actually the same unless the rhino has two sets of spines.
The one in question is obviously deformed or had been attacked.

 

[Cathie G]

But does the rhino lizard have two lines of spines down their back and tail? The one in question does.
That probably is the closest to it, but not sure it is actually the same unless the rhino has two sets of spines.
The one in question is obviously deformed or had been attacked.

I don't remember alligators having splines down their back at all. The top part of the back is flatter. I can't find a single picture of that. But I have old pictures of iguana with that. Splines all the way down their body. Alligators that I've seen only have tallish splines down their tail.

 

[wellington]

I don't remember alligators having splines down their back at all. The top part of the back is flatter. I can't find a single picture of that. But I have old pictures of iguana with that. Splines all the way down their body. Alligators that I've seen only have tallish splines down their tail.

Yes, but two rows of spines? The pic of the lizard? in question has two rows.
I don't think it's an alligator.

 

[jaizei]

@wellington et al: It is a Rhinoceros Iguana or some very close relative of one.

Here is a link to pix of one from the International Iguana Foundation: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https://www.animalspot.net/rhino-iguana.html&psig=AOvVaw2IJ7KO8c-vsbzIQznGqaVS&ust=1679091388809000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA4QjRxqFwoTCIiS6v-84f0CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAR

It only has a passing resemblance to an iguana at distance in the beginning, and the messed up snout does kind look like a marine iguana. But once it climbs out of the ditch it is clearly crocodilian. back & tail doesnt match iguana.

 

[MichaelL]

Definitely NOT an iguana, either an alligator or crocodile for sure. You can even see the size in that viedo, wayyy bigger than an iguana and all the features don't match with any iguanas.