Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Fiji Island banded iguana (Brachylophus bulabula)




Male 



Location/Description 
Today's blog is on the Fiji Island Banded iguana, The name is a dead giveaway on where they can be found this iguana lives in Fiji and is a rare sight to see they range in color from light blues to greens. They can grow to be 12 inches long/1 foot long they have a stripe-like pattern on their backs that are pale white the males are green colored and the females are green and they both have red eyes. They are endangered this explains why they are such a rare sight and why there is not much information on them




Female 








Habitat/Diet  


Tagimoucia flowers in Fiji
They live on the tropical island of Fiji and they use the shade to cool off during the day and stay high up in the trees they also cool off in fresh water pools around this island. They eat mostly flowers,fruit,insects and bask in the sun to warm up.

Duranta erecta fruits.jpg
Durauta Erecta
Dilo Tree berries 

If you need more information on this iguana use the links below I hope you reader enjoyed this blog post if you did then leave a comment.

 Websites

Brachylophus bulabula (Central Fijian Banded Iguana, Fijian Banded ...


Videos

The Fiji Banded Iguana (Brachylophus bulabula) exhibit in the ..



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2 comments:

  1. Daniel ElkinMay 26, 2016 at 9:27 AM

    Cute

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    1. ChrisMay 27, 2016 at 9:41 AM

      I know I like them too it sucks that they are endangered though or I would what to have one as a pet.

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