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- Title
A REPORT ON A CASE OF INCOMPLETE LEUCISM IN THE GREEN IGUANA (Iguana iguana iguana) (SQUAMATA: IGUANIDAE) IN THE CARIBBEAN COLOMBIAN.
- Authors
De Ayala-Monedero, Rosa Mary; Álvarez-León, Ricardo
- Abstract
Objectives: To complement the fauna associated with mangrove estands inventory in the Colombian Caribbean. Scope: Qualitative and quantitative inventory of specimens observed. Methodology: Direct observation,specific annotations and photographs of specimens. Main results:For the first time a copy of the green iguana (I. i. Iguana) with partial leucismo associated with mangro vestands (bobo or conchudo, Laguncularia racemosa and piñuelo or zaragoza, Conocarpus erecta) from the Colombian Caribbean coast is recorded. Conclusions: Despite therelative intensityof sampling and observations about iguanas, this finding represents an important advance in the knowledge of the family Iguanidae and, genera Iguana in Colombia.
- Subjects
ATLANTIC Coast (Colombia); GREEN iguana; MANGROVE plants; IGUANA (Genus); COASTAL plants
- Publication
Boletín Científico Centro de Museos de Historia Natural, 2014, Vol 18, Issue 1, p158
- ISSN
0123-3068
- Publication type
Article