[HTML][HTML] Novel herpesvirus in the critically endangered Galapagos pink land iguana

A Nieto-Claudín, C Sacristán, SL Deem, GA Lewbart… - Acta Tropica, 2024 - Elsevier
Virus surveillance in wildlife is important to understanding ecosystem health, taxonomy, and
evolution. Nevertheless, viruses in reptiles, and specifically in squamates, continue to be …

Remote tracking of Galápagos pink land iguana reveals large elevational shifts in habitat use

G Colosimo, M Gargano, P Loreti, L Bracciale… - Journal for Nature …, 2022 - Elsevier
Critically endangered Galápagos pink land iguanas, Conolophus marthae, are considered a
rare and elusive species. These iguanas are endemic to Wolf Volcano, on Isabela Island …

When pink is a question: Comparative gross and microscopic skin structure analyses reveal the histological basis of skin colour in Galápagos pink land iguanas …

GA Lewbart, G Colosimo, C Gaudette… - Acta …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
One of the rarest and most unusual iguanas on the planet is the Galápagos pink land iguana
(Conolophus marthae). There have been a number of hypotheses on the source of their pink …

[HTML][HTML] Hand grab or noose pole? Evaluating the least stressful practice for capture of endangered Turks and Caicos Rock Iguanas Cyclura carinata

G Colosimo, G Montemuro, GA Lewbart, G Gentile… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
As the analysis of blood metabolites has become more readily accessible thanks to the use
of point-of-care analyzers, it is now possible to evaluate stress level of wild animals directly …

[PDF][PDF] ournal for Nature Conservation

G Colosimo, M Gargano, P Loreti… - Journal for Nature …, 2022 - library.iucn-isg.org
Critically endangered Galápagos pink land iguanas, Conolophus marthae, are considered a
rare and elusive species. These iguanas are endemic to Wolf Volcano, on Isabela Island …

Ten Years of Wildlife Health and Conservation in the Galapagos, 2013–2022

GA Lewbart, JP Muñoz Pérez, D Páez-Rosas… - Island Ecosystems …, 2023 - Springer
In June of 2013, our team embarked on the first of what would be many projects
investigating the health of Galápagos wildlife. With a permit from the Galápagos National …