Galápagos Islands - Iguana Exhibit

Blue iguana my beloved...

Glad to see these in more and more zoos! Even if most of them are on the wrong side of the Atlantic (for me, anyway)

@Mr Gharial A great species definitely. This exhibit had three which was the most I had ever seen together.

@nczoofan they replaced the marine iguanas for illegal reasons?

What does the stand in signage say about the "We don't have Marine Igauanas in this exhibit"?

@Angie Selestino Marine iguanas can't be imported outside of the Galapagos along with all Galapagos-endemic fauna. Ecuador has rightly made it a priority to protect the unique wildlife in and around the archipelago so Houston had to use a stand-in species (although of course Blue iguanas are amazing in their own right) and use it as an educational opportunity.