Galápagos WildlifeBradt, 1999 - 140 páginas This guide to the wildlife of these extraordinary islands has a lively text and is illustrated throughout Z99 superb full-color photographs of the flora and fauna Island walks are described in detail Z99 accompanying full-color maps while background |
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... reptiles : giant tortoises , land iguanas and even the coastal marine iguana . The equatorial setting of the islands is ideally suited to reptiles , which rely on external heat sources to function . Unlike mammals , which control their ...
... reptiles : giant tortoises , land iguanas and even the coastal marine iguana . The equatorial setting of the islands is ideally suited to reptiles , which rely on external heat sources to function . Unlike mammals , which control their ...
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... reptiles adopt a bizarre erect posture . This allows the birds unrestricted access to the reptiles ' skin , to feed on body ticks and other parasites . Marine iguanas have many fewer external parasites living in their watery environment ...
... reptiles adopt a bizarre erect posture . This allows the birds unrestricted access to the reptiles ' skin , to feed on body ticks and other parasites . Marine iguanas have many fewer external parasites living in their watery environment ...
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... return to their ashy black colouration . Three to four months later , hatchlings emerge and are preyed upon heavily , like the land iguanas . LAVA LIZARDS After copulation female lava lizards ( Tropidurus spp. 40 REPTILES.
... return to their ashy black colouration . Three to four months later , hatchlings emerge and are preyed upon heavily , like the land iguanas . LAVA LIZARDS After copulation female lava lizards ( Tropidurus spp. 40 REPTILES.
Contenido
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GALÁPAGOS | 1 |
HABITATS | 7 |
PLANTS | 15 |
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adult albatross archipelago Baltra Bartolomé beach blue-footed boobies breeding CDRS Cerro chick Chique cliff colony colour common cone crabs Darwin's finches dolphins Ecuador eggs endemic Española feed female feral Fernandina fish flamingos flightless cormorant Floreana flowers flycatchers frigatebirds galapagoensis Galápagos hawk Galápagos Islands Galápagos tortoises Genovesa giant tortoises green ground finch habitat highlands incubation insects Isabela lagoon land birds land iguanas lava cactus lava lizards males mammals mangrove marine iguanas masked boobies mockingbirds National Park nest Niño numbers Opuntia palo santo palo santo trees pelicans penguins pinzón plants predators Puerto Ayora Punta rats rays red-billed tropicbirds red-footed red-footed boobies reef reptiles rocks saltbush San Cristóbal sand Santa Cruz Santiago Scalesia sea-lions seabirds seen sharks shrub snorkelling South Plaza species spines spot storm petrel subspecies swim tourists trail turtles underwater vegetation visitors Volcán warbler waved albatross whales yellow young zone
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Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galápagos Islands: An Identification Guide Andy Swash,Rob Still Vista previa limitada - 2005 |