A volcanic eruption on the island of Galapagos in the home of an endangered iguana | Wildlife Stories

About 200 pink iguanas remain on the slopes of Mount Wolf on the Isabela Island, the largest in the Galapagos.

A volcano erupts on another island Galapagos which is home to the most endangered iguana, the Galapagos National Park announced Friday, but said the species are far from the affected areas.

The foothills of the Wolf Mountain are home to the pink iguana, the only 211 left on Isabela, the largest island in the Galapagos Islands, since last August.

This mountain range, the highest in the Galapagos Mountains, is located about 60 miles (62 miles) from the nearest human settlement.

In a sentence shared on Facebook on Friday, the Galapagos National Park said the mountain was spewing smoke and ash of several thousand meters, which was heading north to the island where no one was at risk.

[BOLETÍN] The Wolf Mountain in the Galapagos is erupting.
Read more ↘️ https://t.co/82uViWPeyC pic.twitter.com/a1aLcIHez3

– Galapagos Park (@parquegalapagos) January 7, 2022

National Park said it had sent eight field surveyors and scientists working with pink iguanas to see what was happening Friday morning as a precautionary measure.

“The team confirmed that the habitat is far from exploding and the affected area, so no further protection measures are being considered,” he said.

Located in the Pacific about 1,000km (600 miles) off the coast of Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands are a haven for wildlife and a rich variety of flora and fauna.

The islands were well known by a British geologist Charles DarwinEvolutionary theory there.

The area is also home to yellow and famous iguanas Galapagos great turtles.

The pink iguana was first spotted by conservationists in 1986 and was identified as a different species of iguana in the Galapagos in 2009, according to the Galapagos Conservation Trust (GCT), UK charity registered in the UK which works on environmental stewardship on the islands.

Describing the iguana as “one of the most endangered species in the Galapagos”, the council said in its statement that only about 200 are left on the island, in an area of ​​25sq-km (9.6sq miles) on the slopes. Wolf Mountain. It is not found anywhere else.

“Similar to the appearance of the Galapagos land iguanas, they have a short head and strong hind legs with sharp claws on their toes, but even their most dangerous form eats herbs – they eat pear leaves and fruits,” it said.

“Their very nature is the adornment of the nations; pink with black stripes on their body. ”

The volcanic eruption of Wolf erupted in 2015 after 33 years of inactivity, not affecting wildlife.

For its part, the Geophysical Institute of Quito reports that 1,707 feet (5,600-foot) volcano spewed out 3,800 meters (12,467 m) of volcanic ash, and the lava flowed sloping south and south-east.

Isabela Island is also home to four volcanoes.

[1530 UTC 07 Jan] The volcanic Wolf in the Galapagos Islands produces a lot of air and mountain ash, which can be seen in the GOES-16 GeoColor images. The branch goes west on the lower legs.
For more information, please see the Ashfall Advisories provided by @WashVAAC to https://t.co/avzVpIWMbW pic.twitter.com/2ZvjAwtes2

– NHC_TAFB (@NHC_TAFB) January 7, 2022