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Amblyrhynchus cristatus   Listen
Amblyrhynchus cristatus

noun
1.
Shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands.  Synonym: marine iguana.






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"Amblyrhynchus cristatus" Quotes from Famous Books



... its mouth; and crocodiles are said in like manner to be abundant both in the rivers of the Isla de Pinos (Isle of Pines), south of Cuba, and in the open sea round the coast. In 1835 a curious lizard (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) was discovered by Mr. Darwin in the Galapagos Islands. (See Darwin Naturalist's Voyage page 385 Murray.) It was found to be exclusively marine, swimming easily by means of its flattened tail, and subsisting chiefly on seaweed. One of them ...
— The Student's Elements of Geology • Sir Charles Lyell



Words linked to "Amblyrhynchus cristatus" :   iguanid lizard, genus Amblyrhynchus, marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus, iguanid



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