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It has a pink body with some dark stripes, prompting some to call it the pink iguana or the Galápagos rosy iguana. The species was first discovered in 1986 and was identified as a separate species, distinct from the Galápagos land iguana, early in 2009. [4] This species is the only example of ancient diversification in the genus Conolophus. [5]
Galápagos land iguana: Fernandina Island, Isabela Island, Santa Cruz Island, North Seymour Island, Baltra Island, and South Plaza Island: Conolophus marthae [1] Galápagos pink land iguana: Wolf Volcano, Northern Isabela Island: Conolophus pallidus: Santa Fe land iguana: Santa Fe Island
The land iguanas of Galápagos vary in morphology and coloration among different populations. [6] In addition to the relatively widespread, well-known Galápagos land iguana (C. subcristatus), there are two other species within Conolophus—the Galápagos pink land iguana (C. marthae), of northern Isabela Island, and the Santa Fe land iguana (C. pallidus), of Santa Fe Island.
Hunting is the main factor threatening imminent extinction for this iguana. [1] [3] [4] It is the only Caribbean species of iguana which is still regularly hunted for food for human consumption. [1] [3] [4] Feral pigs pose a threat to the iguanas, as they dig up eggs from iguana nests within termite mounds.
A cold-stunned iguana that fell from a tree when temperatures dropped in 40s in West Palm Beach, Florida on Dec. 26, 2022. The low temperature immobilize the cold blooded reptiles until it gets ...
The Iguana Research and Breeding station employs a "head-starting" program for newly hatched iguanas. "Head-starting", originally used to protect hatching sea turtles , is a process by which iguana eggs are hatched in an incubator and the animals are protected and fed until they are large enough to be protected from predation upon them.
The last significant die-off of iguanas and pythons caused by cold weather occurred during the winter of 2010 when between Jan. 2 and Jan. 13, West Palm Beach's overnight lows dipped into the 30s ...
The Anegada ground iguana is noted as the oldest species of Cyclura and the most genetically divergent of the West Indies' rock iguanas. [5] [6] An ancestor to this iguana first dispersed to Hispaniola, then onwards to the north and western islands, which has since diversified on different islands into the 9 species and several additional subspecies of the genus Cyclura as we know it today.