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Reptile, one to the fore in S American region (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iguana

'reptile' is the definition.
(iguana is a kind of reptile)

'one to the fore in s american region' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'an' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'an' is located in the answer.
'american' could be 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names) and 'a' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for iguana that I've seen before include "Animal" , "Could be a monitor" , "Large crested lizard" , "Something like a monitor" , "American lizard with a spiny crested back" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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