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The Marine Iguana
Comparisons
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West Indian Rock Iguana
- Environment
Hot temperatures
Scrub woodland and mangrove
- Food
Herbivores, leaves, flowers and fruits from over 100 different plants species
- Adaptations
- Overall Description
Pale ivory scales on head
dewlaps of males are pink
blue scales around eyes
1.5 ft at most
long straight tail
short powerful limbs
sharp claws
colours range from dark grey to light brown with some noticeable banding
up to 7kg
approx 15 year life span
The Desert Iguana
- Environment
Hot temperature conditions
Dry sandy desert areas near creosote bush or arid tropical scrub, sometimes found in rocky stream beds
Tropical deciduous forest
- Food
Herbivores, buds and leaves from desert bush
- Adaptations
Can change from sandy brownish colour to almost white hue due to heat
Longer tail than body for balance
agile limbs
camouflage colour with the desert
- Overall description
Around 40 cm in length
Brownish, sandy hue
Longer tail than body
light spots on body that turn tostripes on tail
Skinny
very light underbelly
The Marine Iguana
- Environment
Warm temperature conditions
Shoreline both only slightly eroded beaches and very eroded cliffs
Ocean temperature ranges from 7 to 28 degrees centigrade
Most of the islands have at least slight volcanic action
- Food
Marine algae as well as seaweed that clings closely to rocks
- Adaptations
Short blunt snouts, razor sharp teeth for scraping algae off of rocks
Incredibly long alligator like tails for propultion and steering while underwater
Long, sharp claws for clinging to rocks both on land and underwater in heavy currents
Dark gray colouring to better absorb sunlight
Speacial glands to clean blood of extra salt
- Overall Description
4-5 feet long in total size
1-3.3 ibs
Wide set eyes
Tail longer than body
Smashed in faces
Spiky dorsal scales
each island has unique shape and colour
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Fiji Banded Iguana
- Environment
Wet islands in central part of fiji
Moist green forest
Expected to occur up to 500 m above sea level, have only been recently observed at 200m
- Food
Herbivores, leaves, flowers and fruit fro trees and shrubs. Particularly the hibiscus flowers of the Vau tree and fruit such as banana and papaya
- Adaptations
Camouflage
Balanced tail for jumping from branch to branch
- Overall Description
Emerald-Green with distinctive vertical blue to light green stripes
Long tail for balance
Light underbelly
Red orange eyes
Line of crusted scales down back
Medium size
Yellow snout