It was during a screening of the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon that the Fiji Crested Iguana was first identified.More than 90 per cent of the reptiles live on just one island in FijiThe movie was partially shot at Nanuya Levu, Fiji and, when John Gibbons from the University of the South Pacific watched the sweeping landscape shots of native flora and fauna on the island, a large colourful iguana caught his eye.
The critically endangered creature used to be found on 14 Fijian islands, but now more than 90 per cent of the remaining Fiji crested iguana population live on just one island, Yadua Taba — a protected sanctuary. Anare Bicilo, the first protector of the Fiji crested iguana, and the grandfather of Yadua Taba's current iguana protector.Living on a remote island sanctuary has not protected the iguanas from the impacts of climate change.
Their eggs have the longest incubation period of any reptile — up to 9 months — where the females lay around four eggs in shallow burrows and then guard the treasures until they hatch."When it's really dry it cracks the soil so the rats easily come up and feed on the eggs, and when it rains it damages the soil and digs up the eggs and destroys them," Mr Matatia said.
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