A report from Jamaica’s Observer. The Jamaican Iguana Recovery Programme released 21 critically endangered Jamaican iguanas in the Hellshire Hills in St Catherine on Tuesday. In a series of tweet documenting the moment, the programme said that to date 489 individuals have been released back into the wild. The Hope Zoo programme said the iguanas […]
21 critically endangered Jamaican iguanas released into wild — Repeating Islands
From National Geographic. COMMON NAME: Jamaican iguanas SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cyclura collei TYPE: Reptiles DIET: Herbivore SIZE: One to two feet What is the Jamaican iguana? Jamaican iguanas are darkly colored reptiles with scaly skin, long tails, and triangular stripes running along the length of their spines. Their scale color can range from gray to blue and green. The iguanas are the largest […]
The blue iguana has lived on the rocky shores of Grand Cayman for at least a couple of million years, preening like a miniature turquoise dragon as it soaked in the sun or sheltered inside crevices. Yet having survived everything from tropical hurricanes to ice ages, it was driven to near-extinction by dogs, cats and […]
via Cayman’s imperiled blue iguanas on the rebound — Repeating Islands
A baby boom is underway at the San Diego Zoo among the Grand Cayman blue iguanas, one of the world’s most endangered lizards, Tony Perry reports in The Los Angeles Times. Since 2007, the zoo has been part of an international effort to save the blue iguana. Despite elaborate efforts at providing the right environment, […]
via Endangered Grand Cayman Iguanas have baby boom at the San Diego Zoo — Repeating Islands
huggers.ca 