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Iguana meat has historically been important in the culinary traditions of Mexico and Central America; particularly in the
Iguana meat has historically been important in the culinary traditions of Mexico and Central America; particularly in the states
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of Jalisco
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, Michoacán
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and Colima
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. In Fray Sahagún's history of colonial Mexico
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, he mentions the iguana
''Iguana'' (, ) is a genus of herbivorous lizards that are native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. The genus was first described by Austrian naturalist Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, J.N. Laurenti in ...
as a traditional food throughout Western Mexico and describes it as good to eat when properly prepared. Iguana meat is legal in the United States of America and several other countries, however importation is restricted due to CITES
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conventions.
There has been a marked preference for the green iguana (''Iguana iguana'') over the black iguana (''Ctenosaura pectinata'') in the region, though both are eaten.
Common recipes for the iguana include stews (''guisado''), pozole, birria, roasted in taco
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s and flautas.
People in parts of South Florida have started cooking iguana meat after the Florida Wildlife Agency encouraged residents to kill green iguanas on their own property. In Puerto Rico
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, where iguanas are an invasive species, there have been efforts to promote iguana consumption.
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