Galapagos Reptiles & Turtles

Galapagos Reptiles & Turtles

June 2012

Land Iguana

 

Galapagos Green Sea Turtle

Lava Lizard

Marine Iguana

 Land Iguana

Land Iguana

Land Iguana

 Land Iguana

Land Iguana

Land Iguana

Land Iguana

Land Iguana 

Land Iguana

Land Iguana

Land Iguana

Land Iguana

Land Iguana

Land Iguana

Land Iguana

Land Iguana Eating Cactus

 Land Iguana Eating Cactus

 Land Iguana

Land Iguana

Land Iguana Eating Prickly Pear 

 Land Iguana Eating Prickly Pear

Land Iguana

Land Iguana

 Land Iguana

Land Iguana Eating Prickly Pear

Land Iguana

Marine Iguana

 

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Land Iguana

Marine Iguana

Marine Iguana

Marine Iguana

Marine Iguana

Marine Iguana

Marine Iguanas

Marine Iguana

Marine Iguana

Marine Iguana

Marine Iguana 

 Marine Iguanas

 Marine Iguana and Sally Lightfoot Crab

 Marine Iguana

 Lava Lizard

 Lava Lizard

Marine Iguana

Dead Marine Iguana 

 Marine Iguanas

 Marine Iguana

Lava Lizard

Lava Lizard

 Lava Lizard Eating Katydid

 Lava Lizard Eating Katydid

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Hawksbill Sea Turtle 

 Marine Iguana

Marine Iguana

 Land Iguana

 Marine Iguana and Swallow Tailed Gull

Lava Lizard on Galapagos Sea Lion Skull

 

Lava Lizard

Lava Lizard

 Marine Iguana

Marine Iguana

Galapagos Green Sea Turtle 

 

Land Iguana 

Galapagos Green Sea Turtle

Land Iguana:  Vegetarian, males are brightly colored.  Often lay their eggs in the craters of inactive volcanos.  Mostly eat prickly pears.

Marine Iguana:  Vegetarian, excellent swimmers and divers.  Feed on algae and other marine plants.

Lava Lizard:  Eats insects and can live on barren islands.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle:  Lives much of its life near shore.  Feed primarily on sponges and jellyfish.

Galapagos Green Sea Turtle:  Subspecies of the Pacific Green Sea Turtle.  Each turtle always nests on the same beach.  Often stay in the shallows to feed on seagrasses.

Galapagos, Ecuador