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Iguana Foundation‏ @iguanafndn Jan 20


#10yrschallenge Dr Stesha Pasachnik:10yrs ago today I was on #Utila catching C.bakeri in hopes of understanding more about their genetic structure+threats. Now I have a wonderful student @Daisy_Fox87 working on what has changed. Luckily I get to go back from time to time to help!

Kanahau Utila and Daisy Fox Maryon

#whatisitwednesday can you guess the species? #herpetology #sciencetwitter

Todays #10yrchallenge...Iguana champion @IgToastChronica who has being working with iguanas since 1998!Her 1st foray with wild iguanas was in 2005 with Blue Iguanas in Grandcayman. Now in CostaRica she studies social behaviour in C.similis for her PhD! #Scicomm #womeninscience














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Iguana Foundation‏ @iguanafndn Jan 19

Have some #SaturdayMotivation from this Spiny tailed iguana basking on a wall in Mexico!

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Iguana Foundation‏ @iguanafndn Jan 18

A not quite #10yrchallenge: Kim Lovich Iguana hero + curator of herpetology @sandiegozoo left: Kim’s first foray into the iguana world at the IUCN ISG meeting 2012 right: 2018 championing conservation programs+funds for Fijian iguanas in country #HERper #womeninscience #scicomm

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Iguana Foundation‏ @iguanafndn Jan 18

Lesser Antillean/Green Iguana Hybrids on St. Eustatius as well.....

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Daisy Fox Maryon‏ @Daisy_Fox87 Jan 18

Waiting for my gels to set! Running iguana samples from Utila today! Fingers crossed we get good DNA and we can send off for sequencing! #phdchat #iguananerd #herpetology #scicomm

Iguana Foundation and Kanahau Utila

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DICE Kent‏ @DICE_Kent Jan 16

PLEASE SHARE! We've just announced the 2019 DICE MSc Scholarship. It's open to people with at least two years #conservation work experience from Lower to Upper-Middle Income countries. Deadline 3rd March 2019. More details are here: https://research.kent.ac.uk/dice/postgraduate/dice-msc-scholarship/ …

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Iguana Foundation‏ @iguanafndn Jan 18

Good morning twitter from a rather grumpy Fiji crested iguana! :@IamJoeyBrown

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John R. Hutchinson‏Verified account @JohnRHutchinson Jan 17

Iguana #XROMM analysis by Nyakatura et al., used in our paper on #Orobates: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0851-2 …










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Kanahau Utila‏ @Kanahau_utila Jan 17

#ThrowbackThursdays our awesome iguana float for the #utila 2018 carnival! The float was made of 100% recycled trash from the beaches! It was a mobile #recycling float so that people could recycle while they partied! #plasticfree #caribbean #iguana

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Galapagos Islands Park

 

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Ranger Eduardo Espinoza @parquegalapagos provides training on marine turtle monitoring techniques to volunteers who will participate in this conservation program at Crucita. #AcciónGuardaparque

 


If you are traveling to #Galápagos, remember to follow the rules of behavior in the protected areas visiting sites. #CumplamosLasReglas.

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Conservación Ecuador‏ @CI_Ecuador Jan 18


La #LimpiezaCosteraEc nació en el 2017, en el marco de la alianza interinstitucional entre @ambiente_ec, @parquegalapagos, @CI_Ecuador y Fundación @CocaColaLC, incluye jornadas de recolección de basura en áreas protegidas e impulsa la prevención con campañas de educación.


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MAE Marina y Costera‏ @MAEMarinaEc Jan 18


Viceministra María Victoria Chiriboga @mavicchiri, junto al Subsecretario Marino Costero Vicente Zavala @vzavalaz16 y el director del @parquegalapagos Jorge Carrión @JcarrionTacuri, participaron en el arranque de la jornada de #LimpiezaCosteraEc.

Ministerio del Ambiente Ecuador and Marcelo Mata

 



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Holguer Guerrero +‏ @HolguerGuerrero Jan 18


Este sábado el ministro @Marcelo_MataG nos acompaña en #EcuadorPaísDeContrastes. Inicia la campaña de playas limpias. 80 toneladas de basura, especialmente plástico, llegan en el mar. Por @RadioLatinaEc 88.1 @ToroBolito1971 #ecuador #PlayasLimpias @Ambiente_Ec

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Iguana Foundation‏ @iguanafndn Jan 16


Another important way to distinguish between the native and endemic iguana is the bands on the tail, green iguanas have black bands (left) while they are absent in the native Lesser attillean iguana #conservation #dominica #iguana

Iguana Foundation‏ @iguanafndn Jan 16



Looking at the differences in the heads can you tell the difference between the green iguana and lesser antillean iguana below? #whatisitwednesday #conservation #HerpTwitter






















Iguana Foundation‏ @iguanafndn Jan 16

Here you can see some of the morphological differences between green iguanas (A) and Lesser antillean iguanas (B) notice the lack of the Subtympanic plate (1) in the lesser attillean iguana #Dominica #herpetology See more here https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277893074

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Iguana Foundation‏ @iguanafndnJan 18

Good morning twitter from a rather grumpy Fiji crested iguana! :@IamJoeyBrown

Here are two #iguanas captured on surveys in #Dominica one is the endemic lesser antillean iguana and one the invasive green iguana, can you spot the differences? #conservation #invasivespecies #herpetology

And of course I get to continue working with all sorts of iguanas, like these hatchling Jamaican Rock Iguanas! #womeninscience #scicomm #iguanas

Iguana Foundation‏ @iguanafndn








Did you know the Andros Iguana deposits it’s eggs in termite mounds? #Herpetology #scicomm #sciencetwitter : Dr Chuck Knapp

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International Iguana Foundation mission: To ensure the survival of iguanas and their habitats through conservation, awareness and scientific programs.

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Joined October 2010

"Outstanding Student Research" award

 

Zoosyst_Evolution‏ @Zoosyst_Evo Oct 23

Arboreal, higher-elevation #habitats in eastern #Madagascar house a #NewSpecies of impressively small-bodied #chameleon. Suggested to be listed as an #EndangeredSpecies on the @IUCNRedList. Study: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.27305 … #Reptilia #herps #herpetology #biodiversity #zoology

Sceloporus BMH post by Adam Clause highlights colorful Mexican spiny lizards! I'll try to add in some of my own photos soon

Joel Sartore‏Verified account @joelsartore Dec 16

Once common throughout South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, the frosted flatwoods salamander is now only found in two areas in Florida’s panhandle. One hope for the future of this species rests in captive management and release. 

To find out more visit: http://bit.ly/2QyqsUp

Chelsea Little‏ @ChelskiLittle

Honored that @esa_students gave me the "Outstanding Student Research" award for my ProcB paper on priority effects in stream catchments. Thanks so much, and to those who read the paper

It was great to meet other students doing great things at #ESA2018! 

https://buff.ly/2w4ZLd1 

Savannah Monitor Care

Summary of a Properly supported Savannah Monitor

1. Minimum cage size 8 feet x 4 feet x 4 feet or bigger.
2. Deep sandy soil floor to support digging burrows.
3. Hot basking area of 130 degrees (F) or HOTTER.
4. 60% average humidity or higher.
5. large water dish (Changed daily or more)
6. several hiding areas located throughout the cage.

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Savannah Monitor Care

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5 Tips For Keeping The Savannah Monitor - Reptiles Magazine

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Feed the insects leafy vegetables dusted with calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D3 powders. All three of these minerals are essential in the formation, repair and health of lizard bones. Savannah monitors undergo a considerable dietary shift when they become adults.

A Guide to Caring for Savannah Monitors As Pets - The Spruce Pets

https://www.thesprucepets.com › Reptiles & Amphibians › Monitor Lizards

May 31, 2018 - Interested in caring for a pet lizard? Learn more about the care and feeding of a savannah monitor, one of the most popular pet reptiles.

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Endangered Iguanas Diet

  

Tourists are Giving Endangered Iguanas Diarrhea and High Cholesterol

• By John R. Platt on December 10, 2013

Hop on over to the photo-sharing site Flickr and you'll find dozens of photos and videos of people eagerly feeding grapes to hungry iguanas on the beaches of the Bahamas.

It looks like great fun and the iguanas obviously go crazy for the fruit, which is usually fed to the lizards on the ends of long sticks.

There's just one problem with this activity: the food is making the iguanas sick. 

Health conditions arising from the grapes and other foods that iguanas do not normally eat in the wild include diarrhea, high blood sugar and cholesterol as well as lowered levels of potassium and a high level of parasitic infections. 

All of these problems "could have deleterious effects on long-term fitness and population stability," according to Charles Knapp, director of conservation and research at Chicago's John G. Shedd Aquarium and the lead author of a new study of the iguanas published last week in Conservation Physiology.

 

Bahamian rock iguanas (Cyclura cychlura) live on the islands of Andros and Exuma and several small nearby cays in the island chain. Although not technically endangered, they are considered vulnerable to extinction, with a total wild population of fewer than 5,000 individuals. That count covers the entire species, which also includes three subspecies, two of which are endangered and one of which is critically endangered.

As Knapp and his fellow researchers wrote in the paper, the feeding of wildlife is "an increasingly popular yet under-studied tourism-related activity" that is often sanctioned and encouraged for both marine and terrestrial animals. Sometimes that is beneficial, providing the animals with access to low-stress nutrition and humans with a positive conservation experience. Other times, however, feeding wildlife can cause problems, especially if it includes items from outside of their native diets.

Consequences can include nutritional imbalances, obesity or behavior changes that have harmful long-term effects.

Knapp and his team wanted to find out if the hundreds of weekly tourists visiting iguana habitats were having a positive or negative effect on the animals' health. They traveled to the islands in 2010 and 2012 and examined iguanas that interact with tourists as well as those in more isolated locations.

They found that both groups of iguanas appeared the same externally but the tourist-fed iguanas—especially the more aggressive males—showed signs of nutritional imbalance. Many had diarrhea, all of them carried parasites and their blood showed abnormal levels of calcium, glucose, potassium and uric acid. The tourist-fed males also had aberrant amounts of cholesterol, copper, magnesium and other nutrients. The paper links the high-sugar, low-potassium levels to the grapes, Ground beef and other animal proteins could be causing the high cholesterol and uric acid levels found in the iguanas. (The iguanas are normally herbivorous.)

Tourists aren't the primary threat to Bahamian rock iguanas, however. The species faces habitat loss due to construction, dangerous feral animals such as goats, collection for pet trade and illegal hunting. (They're the only iguana species still caught for food.) Those threats aren't going away anytime soon.

In a press release Knapp said that it's unrealistic to expect tourists to stop feeding the iguanas.

"Instead," he suggested, "wildlife managers could approach manufacturers of pelleted iguana foods and request specially formulated food to mitigate the impact of unhealthy food. Tour operators could offer or sell such pellets to their clients, which would provide a more nutritionally balanced diet and reduce non-selective ingestion of sand on wet fruit." Done right, the authors suggest, tourism could actually benefit the iguanas and give them the nutrition and safety they need in order to boost their populations. That's a worthy goal we're sure the iguanas can get behind, even if it means fewer grapes.

Photos: Iguana with grape in its mouth by Kate Hardy, courtesy of Oxford University Press. Iguana reaching for grapes by Chris Dixon via Flickr. Used under Creative Commons license



Previously in Extinction Countdown:

• Jamaican Iguana Conservation Program Marks 20 Years of Success, Faces Worries about Next 20 Years


• Endangered Cayman Islands Parrots and Iguanas Could Use More Shelters and Havens


• Ecotourism Does Not Overly Stress Orangutans, Study Finds


• Human Virus Linked to Deaths of Two Endangered Mountain Gorillas

The views expressed are those of the author(s) and are not necessarily those of Scientific American.

 

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Twice a week, John Platt shines a light on endangered species from all over the globe, exploring not just why they are dying out but also what's being done to rescue them from oblivion.

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• Stare into the Soulful Eyes of This Newly Discovered Dwarf Lemur Species
• Is China's Ivory Ban a Sign of Hope for Elephants?

Captive-bred Reptiles - Resources On-line

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Male Green Iguana is a photograph by Tom Schwabel which was uploaded on July 10th, 2012.

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In my opinion nothing beats the “old school” forums.

Why? Because in my experience, forums contain an archive of both old and new information from breeders and enthusiasts with different and valuable experiences to share.

There are threads from years ago that still contain valuable information that you just don’t see elsewhere
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Therefore, consider these resources :

• Reptiles Canada
• Kingsnake Forums
• The Reptile Report
• Corallus Forums
• Bush League Breeders Club
• The Turtle Room

Facebook Groups:

Besides the fact that I prefer the old school forums, there are still a number of Facebook groups that I subscribe to.

• Pure Locality Boas
• Reptiles Canada
• Emerald Tree Boa Keepers, Breeders & Enthusiasts
• Amazon Tree Boa Keepers & Breeders

Research:

For those of you that enjoy the research side of things:

• Google Scholar
• Reptile Database

Source: https://www.darrenhamillreptiles.com/

Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama creates sculptures of animals

Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama creates sculptures of animals using a technique involving rolled strips of wet newspaper #womensart

 

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/carroll-f.../chie-hitotsuyama---artist_b_12615066.ht...

Nov 14, 2016 - Chie Hitotsuyama spent much of her childhood surrounded by the sights, sounds, smells, and feel of her grandfather's traditional paper-strip factory in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Much of the machinery was quite old and wooden, and the infusion of traditional practices helped to shape Ms.

Images for Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama

 

Iguana Rescued From Middle Of The Ocean

Iguana Rescued From Middle Of The Ocean | 

This iguana was stranded MILES
from land out in the middle of the ocean and he was so exhausted from
swimming. 

But luckily he was able to hitch a ride on a boat and get a
lift towards the shore.

Credit: Steve Nakano via JukinVideo (https://www.jukinmedia.com/) 

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