 Restored free @-@ roaming subpopulations in the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park and the Salina Reserve numbered approximately 125 individuals in total after an initial release in December 2005 . The restored subpopulation in the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park has been breeding since 2001 , and the subpopulation in the Salina Reserve was deemed to be breeding in 2006 after a nest of three hatched eggs was discovered in the wild . As of April 2007 , after another large @-@ scale release , there were 299 blue iguanas living in the wild , with hundreds more being raised in captivity on Grand Cayman . In late 2012 , the blue iguana Recovery Program estimated that the wild population had risen to approximately 750 individuals , and the IUCN subsequently <unk> the species from critically endangered to endangered . 
