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16 September 2008
New species of Pacific Iguana
Hello, it's a new species of Pacific iguana
Tuesday, 16 September 2008 Dani CooperABC
Hello, hello: a new species of iguana has been found in the Fijian archipelago (Source: Paddy Ryan)
A new species of Pacific iguana has been uncovered by Australian and US researchers, but already its future is looking grim.
In a paper published online in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, the team shows there are three living species of Brachylophus iguanas, not two as indicated in current taxonomy.
The new species is named Brachylophus bulabula after the Fijian word for hello.
"In the reptile world the Fijian iguanas are iconic," says lead author Associate Professor Scott Keogh, of the Australian National University's School of Botany and Zoology.
"To discover a new species of them is very exciting."
But he says the new species and its cousins are under threat from habitat loss and attacks by feral cats and mongooses.
Already extinct
Two species of the iguana are already extinct, having been eaten out of existence about 2800 years ago by the earliest arrivals on the island, Keogh says.
He says of the surviving three species, the B. vitiensis,, or Fiji crested iguana, is listed as critically endangered and the other two as status unknown, due to lack of information about their numbers.
The new species was uncovered after analysis of the mitochondrial DNA of 61 iguanas from 13 islands.
For the rest of this story go to News and Science on ABC.net
Tuesday, 16 September 2008 Dani CooperABC
Hello, hello: a new species of iguana has been found in the Fijian archipelago (Source: Paddy Ryan)
A new species of Pacific iguana has been uncovered by Australian and US researchers, but already its future is looking grim.
In a paper published online in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, the team shows there are three living species of Brachylophus iguanas, not two as indicated in current taxonomy.
The new species is named Brachylophus bulabula after the Fijian word for hello.
"In the reptile world the Fijian iguanas are iconic," says lead author Associate Professor Scott Keogh, of the Australian National University's School of Botany and Zoology.
"To discover a new species of them is very exciting."
But he says the new species and its cousins are under threat from habitat loss and attacks by feral cats and mongooses.
Already extinct
Two species of the iguana are already extinct, having been eaten out of existence about 2800 years ago by the earliest arrivals on the island, Keogh says.
He says of the surviving three species, the B. vitiensis,, or Fiji crested iguana, is listed as critically endangered and the other two as status unknown, due to lack of information about their numbers.
The new species was uncovered after analysis of the mitochondrial DNA of 61 iguanas from 13 islands.
For the rest of this story go to News and Science on ABC.net
15 August 2007
International Game Fishing Club- Programme
International Game Fishing Club- Programme
International Game Fishing Club- Programme
The International Game Fishing Invitational Tournament 2007
in association with Air Pacific, Carlton Brewery (Fiji) Ltd, Riviera Fiji, The Pearl and Fiji Gas
Programme
Wednesday 15th August 2007 Team Briefing ,Calcutta & Buffet Manatary Restaurant
Fishing Tournament over 3 days
Thursday 16th August 2007
Friday 17th August 2007
Saturday 18th August 2007.
Sunday 19th August 2007
International Game Fishing Club- Programme
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