Today’s expedition started on an uplifted, one tenth of a square kilometer island, called South Plaza. This island is located in the center of the archipelago and surrounded by other islands, yet so unique. Because of its small size this island has the only type of hybrid iguana in the Galapagos. It is the offspring of male marine iguanas and female land iguanas due to the overlapping of territory of these two species. As we walked along the trail we observed the behavior of multiple yellow land iguanas and a hybrid iguana which climbed up a cactus tree to eat a flower. In the afternoon we moved to another island, called Santa Fe. This island has its own land iguana, only found here, and gets its name from the island, the Santa Fe land iguana. This land iguana is very similar to the yellow land iguana, yet different. For example its scales have a lighter color and its eyes are red. We had an amazing iguana day in the Galapagos Islands!
- Daily Expedition Reports
- 15 Feb 2018
South Plaza & Santa Fe Islands, 2/15/2018, National Geographic Islander
- Aboard the National Geographic Islander
- Galápagos
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