marine iguana
noun
: a shore-dwelling seaweed-eating iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) of the Galápagos Islands that often feeds in the sea
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Tobin from Wild Frontiers highlighted that male marine iguanas change color during mating season, so the best time to visit the islands is from December to February.
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Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Tortuga Bay is where visitors can surely encounter marine iguanas basking on the lava rocks or making their way in and out of the sea to feed on underwater algae.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Leo must leave his mother’s colony to find his own home — a monumental quest fraught with challenges and new encounters with an array of creatures, from marine iguanas and racer snakes to yellowfin tuna and giant Galapagos sharks.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
On Española Island, some individuals do more than just peck at wounds to drink blood—they have been seen persistently pecking at the insensitive tail tips of large marine iguanas, removing centimeters of actual tissue in the process.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Tortuga Bay is where visitors can surely encounter marine iguanas basking on the lava rocks or making their way in and out of the sea to feed on underwater algae.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Leo must leave his mother’s colony to find his own home — a monumental quest fraught with challenges and new encounters with an array of creatures, from marine iguanas and racer snakes to yellowfin tuna and giant Galapagos sharks.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
On Española Island, some individuals do more than just peck at wounds to drink blood—they have been seen persistently pecking at the insensitive tail tips of large marine iguanas, removing centimeters of actual tissue in the process.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Marine iguana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marine%20iguana. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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