Galapagos Land Iguana

Thanks, Stian

Wow, fantastic pictures Imdang!

Thanks for your comments & suggestions, Jason, Lauren, Yuko, Lisa, Braulio, Ihazapughappy & Ava

I just saw the BBC program on the Galapagos Islands (I'm dying to go there) and they showed how the female Land Iguana climbs to the rim of the volcanos to make a nest for her eggs in volcano ash. The females suffer a lot and may take weeks to get to the top. It didn't show how the babies get back down though. I love pictures 4 and 5!

Magnificent looking iguana!

Iguanidae is the Family. If you know which island this animal is from you can probably narrow it to species. I suspect for Albemarle it is Conolophus subcristatus. Otherwise it is proper to just put Conolophus spp.

Loved the 3rd photo!

Cool pictures!

Please consider adding this lovely spotting to the new Galapagos mission at : http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1478...

Thanks, Karen, that's awesome! Nice to see a spotlight on these wonderful creatures

Thanks, Owl, OnengDyah and Team Brinez

Congratulations lmdang, this modern-day dinosaur is featured in the Project Noah blog today! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/2941265...

Wow great photo !! :-) great animal also !!

wouw..fabulous..

Very impressive.

Yes, Amber, they can climb quite well. The branches of the bushes bow under their weight. The vibrant yellow ones are male. Females (like the one in the 2nd photo) are duller in colour.

Yes...Amber..that's the cutest pose of this Reptile.

Wow!! In the last pic is he i a tree?

Thanks, Susan, Paul and Dragan, he was a beautiful big boy!

Wow!

Holy Wow!!!! Brilliant!

great catch!

Thanks, Aman

Congratulations! Its a nice collection of photos.

Thanks, Christine and Peter