Thumbprints - Iguana Scales
   


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This sample is the shedded skin of an iguana.

A healthy iguana sheds its entire skin (including the skin over its ears and the spikes on its back) in one piece every 4-6 weeks.  Before shedding the iguana's color will start to change; it will become dimmer and duller.  As time goes on white patches will begin to appear on the iguana and the skin will shed.  It usually takes about one week for the shedding process to occur.

T.J. Garza

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