Land Iguana
Darwin was not much impressed with the land iguana:
"...they are ugly animals, of a yellowish orange beneath, and of a brownish-red colour above: from their low facial angle they have a singularly stupid appearance." ...
Land iguanas are endemic to the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador (4). Conolophus subcristatus is native to six islands (2).
land iguana
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Galapagos Land Iguana - Conolophus subcristatus.
The Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) is dark brown to yellow-orange in color and has large pointed scales that run along its neck and down its back.
Galapagos Land Iguana Species Profile
No one keeps Galapagos land iguanas in captivity outside their Ecuadorian homeland, though a couple colonies exist in their home islands at research stations.
2005: First reproduction of Critically Endangered Anegada Island iguana at a zoo (Lemm et al 2005)
2009: Legislation to create a National Park on Anegada, British Virgin Islands, anticipated for core iguana area near wetlands. (Binns 2009) ...
Barrington Land Iguana Â- Galápagos Land Iguana Â- Galápagos Pink Land Iguana
Ctenosaura ...
Galapagos Land Iguana - Conolophus subcristatus.
The Galapagos Land Iguana has a diet that is similar to the Green Iguana, except it need additional salt. Endangered, not available.
Fiji Island Iguanas - Brackylophus spp.
One of the Zoo's most successful iguana conservation programs involves the endangered Jamaican iguana Cyclura collei and Anegada Island iguana Cyclura pinguis, both native to only a few islands in the Caribbean Sea.
They are distinguished from land iguanas by their short, blunt snouts and slightly laterally compressed tail which efficiently moves this lizard along the surface or beneath the water. Juveniles have a light stripe along the dorsal side.
Conolophus (Galapagos Land Iguanas)
Conolophus pallidus
Santa Fe Land Iguana
Conolophus subcristatus
Galápagos Land Iguana ...
The land iguanas, Conolophus, feed on terrestrial plants, including cactus, whereas the marine iguanas, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, feed on marine algae. These marine iguanas, up to 1.
Earless Lizard, Blue Tailed Monitor, Blue Tongue Skink, Cayman Island Rock Iguana, Chameleons, Chuckwalla Lizard, Cuban Anole, Desert Iguana, Egyptian Spiny Tailed Lizard, Emerald Tree Monitor, Flying Gecko, Frilled Lizard, Galapagos Land Iguana, ...
Their claws are longer and sharper than those of land iguanas, so they can cling tightly to rocks along the shore without being pulled away by the waves.
 See also: Iguana, Lizard, Reptile, Galapagos Land Iguana, Rhino
  
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