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English : Espagnol 09-23-04 Monitoring of Land Iguanas at Bahia CartagoThe land iguanas population which inhabits Bahía Cartago on the Isabela Island was monitored by park rangers from the Galapagos National Park and scientists from the Charles Darwin Foundation at the end of September of this year. It was good that this survey was carried out because these reptiles are endemic to the Galapagos Islands and have been threatened over time. Consequently, there are only three colonies of Land Iguanas to be found, located in Bahía Cartago, Cerro Dragon and on the Island of Baltra The task of marking and listing the reptiles was carried out between the 23rd and 30th of September. The park rangers were successful in capturing 170 iguanas from which they were able to determine that 71.2% of them had been born in their natural environment. The manner involved the reptiles being captured, weighed, measured and tagged with microchips placed under their skin. The areas in which this work was carried out were: Cerro Cartago, Cerrito and the shores of the bay. The results of the survey have shown that the natural reproduction of this population of land iguanas is satisfactory. |
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