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Scientists have documented a new species in the Galapagos Islands, the iguana “rosada” (pink in Spanish), which may be one of the archipelago’s oldest, according to research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Blood and genetic tests on 36 pink iguanas -- which reach 3 to 5 feet in length -- show that the lizards belong to a previously undiscovered species that appears to live exclusively around Isabela Island’s Wolf Volcano.
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