Elephantlover

Can anybody id this lizard

I took this photo at the Cape May Zoo in 2013
@Great Argus Seconded. Red Tegu (Salvator rufescens)

Edit: some of the identifiers I noticed: the lack of prominent spines on the back or pebbling/bumps on the head, the reddish color and banded patterning, the smooth base of the skull, the broader snout, and the lack of a knob on the nose-tip that Rhino Iguanas are named for.
 
@Coelacanth18 What?
A red tegu? o_O
Listen I respect your Judgement and I am most likely wrong, but-what? o_O
A tegu? o_O
(Honestly really doesn't look like one AT ALL but maybe I'm partially blind) o_O
 
@CheeseChameleon2007 Sorry, but this is clearly not a Rhinoceros Iguana. The lack of a spiny crest running along the spine is enough alone to rule out Cyclura or Iguana. The reddish coloring and banded tail are also tegu identifiers. The fairly smooth head is also a tegu indicator, not iguana. Also the heavy jowls directly at the base of the head also are notable.
 

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