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    the specific name, darwinii, and the common name, Darwin's iguana, are in honor of Charles Darwin, who was an English naturalist and the author of On...
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    The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), also known as the sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, is a species of iguana found only...
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    Bibron's iguana Range: Argentina (Patagonia from Santa Cruz to Aysén and Magallanes), Chile Diplolaemus darwinii Bell, 1843 – Darwin's iguana Range: Argentina...
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    not as tall as in other iguanas, like the green iguana (Iguana iguana). Charles Darwin described the Galápagos land iguanas he observed as "ugly animals...
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  • tail iguana (Hoplocercus spinosus) - Iguanidae Iguanas Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) Leiosauridae Frost et al., 2001 - Darwin's iguana (Diplolaemus...
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    International Cosmos Prize. Iguana on the beach at the Charles Darwin Research Station Galapagos Yellow Land Iguana living at the Charles Darwin Research Station...
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    marine iguanas, swallow-tailed gulls, sea lions, whales, marine turtles, and red-footed and Nazca boobies can be seen. The remnants of Darwin's Arch, a...
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  • lizard (Anisolepis grilli) Bibron's iguana (Diplolaemus bibronii) Darwin's iguana (Diplolaemus darwinii) Leopard iguana (Diplolaemus leopardinus) Diplolaemus...
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  • (Microlophus jacobi) Common Pacific iguana (Microlophus pacificus) Galapagos racer (Pseudalsophis biserialis) Darwin's racer (Pseudalsophis darwini) Santa...
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  • Thumbnail for Liolaemus darwinii
    Liolaemus darwinii, also known commonly as Darwin's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to Argentina...
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  • Bahamian rock iguana (Cyclura cychlura) can be over 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length. A member of the genus Iguana, lesser Antillean iguana (Iguana delicatissima)...
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    (2009), Darwin's itinerary on the voyage of the Beagle, Darwin Online, retrieved 18 August 2009 Grant K. Thalia and, Estes Gregory B. (2009), Darwin's itinerary...
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  • Thumbnail for Conolophus marthae
    commonly as the Galápagos pink land iguana, is a species of lizard of the family Iguanidae. This critically endangered iguana is native only to the Wolf Volcano...
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    rattus). It is not uncommon for it to take marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Most of the marine iguana prey are mainly hatchlings and juveniles but...
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  • Thumbnail for Conolophus pallidus
    Conolophus pallidus, also known commonly as the Santa Fe land iguana and the Barrington land iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is one...
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  • recently rediscovered. Charles Darwin discovered over 100 species of birds on the island. The most famous of which were Darwin's finches. On the larger Galápagos...
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  • Thumbnail for Santiago Island (Galápagos)
    Sally Lightfoot crab, marine iguana and Galápagos land iguana, bottlenose dolphin, rice rat, and Microlophus. Charles Darwin in October 1835 noted that...
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  • The inception of Darwin's theory occurred during an intensively busy period which began when Charles Darwin returned from the survey voyage of the Beagle...
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    novel La Iguana by Spanish author Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa takes place on the island. The novel was later dramatized as the 1988 film Iguana by American...
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    ight-surprise-you-20150714 Tortuga Bay Puerto Ayora Galapagos Islands, "Iguana go to the Galapagos". "Gobernador de Galápagos: Inadmisible cerrar locales"...
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    the leader jaguar from the episode "Temple of Eliza". Estelle Harris as Iguana/Turtle from the episode "Eliza-cology". Marabina Jaimes as Raamba, a jaguar...
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  • Thumbnail for Galápagos tortoise
    tortoises are smaller, with "saddleback" shells and long necks. Charles Darwin's observations of these differences on the second voyage of the Beagle in...
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    showed that in 1995, fifteen iguanas survived a 300 km journey to Anguilla in the Caribbean, an island which no iguana had lived on previously. They...
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    2009, a new species of land iguana, the pink land iguana, was identified on the slopes of Wolf Volcano. The pink land iguana had been discovered by park...
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  • His research and conservation efforts have focused on the Galapagos land iguanas, which were in danger of extinction. Snell was born in 1953, in La Mesa...
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    species, but has not been shown to be a fitness advantage. For example, iguana hearts, like the majority of the squamate hearts, are composed of three...
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    the skins of Galápagos land and marine iguanas and Galápagos tortoises. The small ground finch is one of Darwin's finches, a group of closely related birds...
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  • Thumbnail for Isabela Island (Galápagos)
    iguanas, boobies, pelicans, Sally Lightfoot crabs, Galápagos land iguanas, Darwin's finches, Galápagos hawks, Galápagos doves, and very interesting lowland...
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    Population: The marine iguana is an endemic species of the Galapagos Islands, but it evolved from a mainland ancestor of land iguana. Due to geographic isolation...
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  • Liolaemus kingii, also known commonly as King's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is native to Argentina and Chile...
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