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Amblyrhynchus cristatus juvenile
The Galápagos marine iguanas are fascinating creatures, they are endemic to Galápagos islands, they have the unique ability to forage in the sea for algae which are their main diet. It exist several subspecies distributed arround the archipelago. This was taken on San Cristobal island.
If you look closely the ear of this iguana you can spot two ticks that are hooked to it. Wow in fact I spot 5 of them ! Do you ?
The marine iguana is an iguana located only on the Galápagos Islands that has the ability, unique among modern lizards, to live and forage in the sea, making it a marine reptile. The iguana can dive over 30 ft into the water. It has spread to all the islands in the archipelago, and is sometimes called the Galápagos marine iguana. It mainly lives on the rocky Galápagos shore, but can also be spotted in marshes and mangrove beaches.
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