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More than 100 endangered rock iguanas killed on roads this year
The Department of Environment warns Sister Island road users to slow down, and be on the look out for rock iguanas.
The DOE explains it’s now hatchling season, which means an emergence of newly born iguanas.
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Rock iguanas being killed by drivers at record rate
Rock iguanas are being killed by drivers in the Sister Islands at a record pace so far this year, according to the Department of Environment.
The year “has been a record year for Sister Islands rock iguana road kills in Little Cayman and Cayman Brac, with over 100 deaths recorded so far”, the department said in a press release on 12 Sept.
Sister Islands rock iguanas – which have the scientific name cyclura nubila caymanensis – are a subspecies of iguana unique to Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. They are considered critically endangered.
