These reptiles that lie to have a metro, will be monitored in the release zone and will be able to evaluate its adaptation to its new habitat.
Technicians of the Galapagos National Park, in Ecuador, reintroduced 461 terrestrial iguanas in the island of Santiago, other Ecuadorian archipelago proceedings, with the aim of turning over these reptiles to a habit of extinguishing.
The ecological restoration project of the Galapagos iguanas, belonging to the species Conolophus subcristatus, was initiated approximately 20 years ago in the island of Santiago.
It develops in parallel with the eradication of predatory species such as birds, burrs and feral goats, which are fed by all types of vegetation, and especially the specialists, altering the habitat of the endemic animals of the Galapagos Islands.
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A first group of specimens introduced in 2019 in Iceland and its adaptation have benefited from the ecosystem where they also have five Darwin pincers, a colony of foxes, marine lobes and flames, among other native species.
The terrestrial iguanas that will be released in Santiago will be captured in the island of Seymour Norte.
The director of the Galapagos National Park, Danny Rueda, explained that in herbivores, there are cacti, fruits, spines and flowers, which have the function of dispersing the middle of the ecosystem and restore the ecological integrity of the island.
“The objective of the reintroduction of the iguanas to the island of Santiago is to unleash this reptile that was extinct more than 200 years ago in its natural ecosystems,” added the director of the Galapagos National Park. Photo: EDH / EFE
The Ministry of the Environment and Water Ecuador specified that in the operation it intervenes in ecological guarding parks, framed to catch the reptiles, characteristic because of their amaryllis at their costs. The objective is to maintain its state of mind and to avoid the species becoming stressed.
One of the specialists, Jean Pierre Cadena, made sure that a delicate and manipulative species was treated.
“We treat that the species is not arranged, with the biosecurity media, so that the animal does not have such straits at the time of capture,” he said.
Prior to his release in Santiago Island, the 461 terrestrial iguanas passed through a quarantine process and a register of morphometric data that included a physical revision, deparacitation and marking with an identification chip.
In this mode, these reptiles, which are supposed to have taken a subway, will be monitored by the guard parks in the liberation zone and will be able to evaluate its adaptation to its new habitat.
The techniques of the National Park hope that its establishment will be fruitful, nevertheless to establish the finals of 2020 during the follow-up work of the first released specimens, youth specimens, matrices and possible zoning zones to be available before on food.
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The maneuvers implemented in these isles, especially related to the control and elimination of species introduced such as rodents in Seymour Norte (2019) and birds, burrows and goats in Santiago (2002 and 2006), he allowed the population of terrestrial iguanas in these unique island ecosystems are well maintained.
The Galapagos Islands, cataloged in 1978 as the Natural Heritage of UNESCO Humanity in Conformity with a one-world terrestrial and marine ecosystem, are located within 1000 kilometers of the Ecuadorian continental shelf.