ʻO ka iguana scavenger (Ctenosaura bakeri) a i ʻole ʻo Baker iguana no ka ʻoka squamous. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā iguanas rarest loa, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi wehewehe ʻano e ka inoa o ka mokupuni, kahi e noho ai i nā wahi paʻakikī e hiki ai. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "spiny-tailed" mai ke alo o nā unahi manamana hoʻonui ʻia e hoʻopuni ana i ka huelo.
Nā hōʻailona kūwaho o ka scrappy spiny-tailed iguana
ʻO nā iguana i huehue ʻia i wili ʻia i ke kala mai ka hina hina a i ka hina hina, a pinepine me ka hue turquoise maikaʻi. Hōʻailona nā ʻōpio i ke kani hina hina āpau. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine.
Ua hoʻomohala lākou i nā spine nui e holo ana ma ke kua o ke kino a ma lalo o kahi wahi liʻiliʻi o ka ʻili lema ma lalo o ka ʻāʻī.
Hoʻolahalaha o ka Iguana i kāhiko ʻia
Hoʻomohele wale ʻia ka iguana huehue Utilian ma nā kahakai o ka mokupuni ʻo Utila, kokoke i Honduras.
Nā wahi noho iguana huehue
Loaʻa ka iguana huelo i kahi wahi liʻiliʻi o nā ululāʻau mangrove e uhi ana i ʻewalu mau kilomita kilomika wale nō. ʻIke ʻia nā iguanas mākua i nā hollow bakau a i nā ākea ākea o ke kahakai, a hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou i nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia. ʻOiai nā ʻōpio e noho i nā mangroves a me nā mangrove a me nā laʻalāʻau liʻiliʻi, hele lākou i loko o nā mea kanu kahakai.
ʻO ka ʻāpana āpau kahi e ʻike ai nā moʻo kākaʻikahi he 41 km2, akā ʻo ko lākou wahi noho ma kahi o 10 km2. Hoʻonui ʻia ka iguana huelo o Util mai ka pae kai a 10 m.
ʻO ka hānai ʻana iā ʻIguana i kāhiko ʻia
ʻAi ʻia nā iguanas spiny-tailed Utilian i nā meaʻai mea kanu a me nā invertebrates liʻiliʻi e noho ana i nā mangrove. ʻO nā iguanas makua a me nā ʻōpio he ʻano ʻokoʻa ko lākou ʻai. ʻAi nā moʻo liʻiliʻi i nā mea kolo, ʻoiai e ʻai nā iguanas nunui i nā pua a me nā lau o nā mangrove, nā pāpaʻi a me nā invertebrate ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻāina.
ʻO ka hana iguana huelo
Hoʻoikaika nui nā iguana ʻo Salvage Ridge i ke kakahiaka. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā mākua ma luna o nā bakauau a lana i loko o ka wai a i ʻole e noho ana ma ke one. ʻO ka maʻamau, hūnā nā iguanas i ka malu o nā mangrove nui, i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he wahi huna. ʻO nā holoholona ʻōpio, ma mua o ka noho ʻana i nā ululāʻau mangrove, ʻeleu i ka ʻāina, ma nā pōhaku akoakoa a me nā lālā lāʻau. Ke ulu a makua, neʻe lākou i kahi noho hou.
ʻAʻau nā iguanas huelo i nā lagoona ma waena o nā aʻa a me ka luʻu ke ʻike ʻia nā mea ʻino.
ʻO ka hana hou ʻana i nā iguana huehue spiky tailed
ʻO ka wā hānau hānau mai Ianuali a i ka hopena o Iulai. Hana ʻia ka male ma ka ʻāina ma nā ululāʻau mangrove. ʻO nā mangroves nā wahi kūpono no ka hoʻomaha a me ka hānai ʻana i nā iguanas huelo huelo, akā ʻaʻole kūpono i ka pūnana. No laila, ke hiki mai ka manawa hānau, neʻe nā wahine mai nā ululāʻau mangrove i nā kahakai one, kahi e loaʻa ai iā lākou nā wahi i hoʻomehana ʻia e ka lā. Hoʻomoe ʻia nā hua manu ma lalo o nā puʻu ʻōpala, nā ahu o ke one, nā hoʻokuʻu kai, ma lalo o nā kumulāʻau nui a me nā mea ulu haʻahaʻa. Holo ka wā lūlū mai ka waena o Malaki a Iune.
Hiki i ka pūnana he mau mika ka lōʻihi, akā ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 cm ka hohonu. Ma ka awelika, hoʻomoe ka wahine he 11 a 15 mau hua, ʻoiai ʻike ʻia ka nui o kekahi e waiho i 20 a 24 mau hua. Hana ʻia kahi hoʻolālā ma kahi o 85 mau lā. Mai Iulai a Kepakemapa, ʻike ʻia nā iguanas ʻōpio, neʻe lākou i ka ululāʻau mangrove, e hānai nui ana i nā mea kolo, nā kauā a i ʻole nā lele. Māmā maʻalahi nā iguanas ʻōpio i nā manu e like me ka hawk, ka heʻe ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me nā moʻo.
ʻO nā mea hoʻoweliweli i ka Iguana i kāhiko ʻia
Hoʻoweliweli ʻia nā iguanas i huelo ʻia e ka nalo ʻana o ka nohona, ka wao nahele a me nā ʻāpana e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā mea kanu lawe mai.
Hoʻohana ʻia nā ululāʻau Mangrove ma ke ʻano he mau kahua pae ʻāina a komo nui i ka lāʻau. Aia ka pilikia o ka wai mai nā kemika (pesticides a me nā mea hoʻomomona), ka hoʻohaumia ʻia ʻana mai ka wahī ʻana e uhi ana i nā kahakai one a pili i nā wahi nui o ka iguanas. ʻO nā kahakai, kahi noho no nā iguanas, ke nalowale nei i kā lākou mea kanu maoli. Ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia nei nā ʻāpana ʻāina i ka hoʻomākaukau no ke kūʻai aku no ka hōkele a me ke kūkulu alanui. Ke lilo nei nā mea kanu invasive malihini i mea maʻamau, e ʻae ʻole i nā wahi noho no ke kau ʻana i nā hua.
ʻO ka iguana ʻōpala, ke hele aku me nā ʻano e pili ana, ʻo ka spuy tailed iguana ʻeleʻele, ua hōʻike ʻia e hana i nā hybrids e hoʻoweliweli i nā ʻano laha ʻole. ʻO nā ʻīlio, nā pōpoki, nā raccoons, nā iole, kahi e noho pū ana ma ka mokupuni, ke hoʻoweliweli nei i ka hana hou ʻana o ka iguana huelo wīwī.
ʻOiai pale ʻia ka laha e ke kānāwai Honduran, hoʻomau ʻia ka pau ʻana o nā hua manu i mea ʻai, kūʻai ʻia ma ka mokupuni a ma ka ʻāina nui.
Mālama ʻia ʻo Iguana Conservation
Ua pale ʻia nā iguana huelo e ka kānāwai Honduran mai ka makahiki 1994, a pāpā ʻia ka ʻimi holoholona ʻana i nā mea kolo. I mea e pale a hoʻonui ai i ka helu o kēia mau iguanas, ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi wahi ulu noiʻi ma 1997. Mai ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻokō ʻia kahi papahana aʻo e pili ana i ka mālama i nā iguanas neoneo, ko lākou wahi noho, a me nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe ʻē aʻe, a me kahi papahana hānau hānau no nā iguanas a me ka pale ʻana o nā wahine hāpai hihiu. I kēlā me kēia makahiki ma kahi o 150-200 mau iguanas ʻōpio e kū a hoʻokuʻu ʻia i nā kahakai. Ua helu ʻia nā iguanas huelo i ka Annex II o ka Convention e kaohi ana i nā kālepa kūwaho i nā ʻano holoholona hihiu a me nā flora (CITES).
Hōʻike ʻia nā hana mālama e like me ka pale ʻana i nā lehulehu hihiu a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kānāwai mālama kūikawā no nā ʻano laha ʻole ma nā pae aupuni a me nā pae ʻāina. ʻO ka noiʻi e pili ana i ka nānā ʻana i nā heluna a me nā wahi noho, a me ka pale ʻana i ka paʻa ʻana o nā iguanas neoneo. Aia kekahi papahana hoʻoulu holoholona reptile laha ʻole i nā zoo a puni ka honua. I ka makahiki 2007, ua ʻike ʻia he ʻeiwa mau Iguanas Scrap-Tailed ma ka Zoo ʻo Ladana. ʻO ia mau hana e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ke ola wā lōʻihi o nā laha.
