📍 Isla Isabela, Galápagos Islands
Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
The world’s only sea-going lizard, uniquely adapted to dive into cold Pacific currents and graze algae off submerged rocks — then bask on lava to reheat its dark, salt-crusted body.
Abundant and year-round on Isla Isabela, where the island’s vast volcanic coastline provides prime basking and foraging habitat for some of the archipelago’s largest colonies.