Galapagos land iguana  (Conolophus subcristatus)

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Glossary

  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Omnivorous: feeds on both plants and animals.

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Conolophus subcristatus In: IUCN 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. (March 2004) http://www.redlist.org
  2. Galapagos Conservation Trust- land iguana (March 2004) http://www.gct.org/iguana.html
  3. CITES (March 2004): http://www.cites.org
  4. Bruin, T (2000) Conolophus subcristatus (On-line), Animal Diversity Web (March 2004) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Conolophus_subcristatus.html
  5. Land iguanas: a natural history. The Darwin Foundation (March 2004) http://www.darwinfoundation.org/terrest/iguana2.html
  6. Galapagos land iguanas and their protection. The Darwin Foundation (March 2004) http://www.darwinfoundation.org/terrest/iguana.html
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