Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji

ScienceDaily
Mar 17, 2025, 4:03 pm547 ptsHotTop
The only iguanas outside the Americas, Fiji iguanas are an enigma. A new genetic analysis shows that they are most closely related to the North American desert iguana, having separated about 34 million years ago, around the same time that the islands emerged from the sea. This suggests that the iguanas rafted…

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