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According to Sir Hans Sloan, a physician and botanist who visited Jamaica in 1688, iguanas were once common throughout Jamaica. The Jamaican iguana declined dramatically during the second half of the 19th century, after the introduction of the Indian mongoose as a form of rat and snake control, until it was believed to exist only on the Goat islands near the Hellshire hills.
The Jamaican iguana was believed to be extinct in 1948. A dead adult specimen was found in 1970, and the species was rediscovered in 1990 when a live iguana was captured by a hog hunter in the Hellshire hills and a remnant population was discovered soon after. The Hellshire hills area is the only area of Jamaica where this iguana is found.
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