![]() Galapagos Giant Tortoise: is there any reptile more iconic to the Galapagos Islands than the Galapagos Tortoise? ( Answer: no.) We saw nearly every reptile of the Galapagos islands - I didn’t see any snakes while there - and these were my five favorites. ![]() Tour groups are kept small and highly regulated by the Ecuadorian government to ensure that the Galapagos don’t become overrun with tourists our small ships’ charted path took us to the southern Galapagos islands of Santa Cruz, Isabela, Floreana and Espanola, with San Cristobal being our arrival and departure island. My family and I took an extended Christmas tour of the Galapagos Islands and spent every day snorkeling in the water and hiking around on land. Reptiles of the Galapagos are no different what does make them different, however, is the number of species that are endemic to the islands.Įven the humble little gecko: of the nine gecko species on the Galapagos, six are endemic (meaning, found nowhere else).Īnd poor old Lonesome George, of course, was the last surviving Pinta Island tortoise, a subspecies of the Galapagos Giant Tortoise. ![]() There are plenty of species and subspecies of reptiles of the Galapagos islands, because the climate (usually hot and dry) is perfectly suited for them.Īs we hopefully know, reptiles are cold-blooded and rely on the sun to warm them up. Remember all the media chatter when Lonesome George died? Meanwhile, the poor little gecko gets practically no airplay. ![]() Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands are of wildly varying renown, mostly because the Galapagos Giant Tortoise is so famous. ![]()
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