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These include Galapagos giant tortoise Geochelone nigra (VU), with twenty subspecies on different islands, all of which are endangered, terrestrial iguanas Conolophus subcristatus (VU) and C. pallidus (VU) and marine iguana Amblyrhynchus cristatus (VU) which is the world's only sea-going lizard and feeds on seaweed.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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Within the Iguanidae, the best known of the regions five endemic species are the marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus, VU) and the two threatened species of land iguana endemic to the Galápagos, the Santa Fe land iguana (Conolophus pallidus, VU) and the Galápagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus, VU).
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It occurs to me that these particular animals are different from most individuals of Amblyrhynchus cristatus in the archipelago, different from most endemic species on most islands.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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The species Amblyrhynchus cristatus encompasses seven populations on seven different islands, genetically somewhat distinct but not unbridgeably so.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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The species Amblyrhynchus cristatus encompasses seven populations on seven different islands, genetically somewhat distinct but not unbridgeably so.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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It includes both groups of endemic Galápagos iguanids, the marine iguana Amblyrhynchus cristatus and the land iguanas of the genus Conolophus.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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It occurs to me that these particular animals are different from most individuals of Amblyrhynchus cristatus in the archipelago, different from most endemic species on most islands.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Hanging vertically on a wall is no small feat for a reptile weighing ten or twelve pounds, but Amblyrhynchus cristatus has strong limbs and sharp claws, and lava rock is porous.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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It includes both groups of endemic Galápagos iguanids, the marine iguana Amblyrhynchus cristatus and the land iguanas of the genus Conolophus.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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I sit among them, in a camo cap, meditating on young Charles Darwin and his throwing arm and ecological naïveté among Amblyrhynchus cristatus.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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