🌊🦎 The Ultimate Castaway: Fiji Iguanas! 🌴

#DidYouKnow New research suggests that around 34 million years ago, the ancestors of modern Fijian iguanas set off on an epic oceanic journey—nearly 5,000 miles (8,000 km) across the Pacific! 🌎💨

📸 M. Vallee
🦎 Brachylophus vitiensis
#Iguana #Wildlife #Nature #ExoTerra #Herpetology #ResearchedInTheWild #Fiji

🌿 Meet the Antimena chameleon, a master of camouflage in the dry, spiny forests of southwest Madagascar! 🇲🇬✨ This striking male was spotted in a Baobab forest near Toliara. While males can reach up to 34 cm (13"), females are nearly half that size at 17 cm (6.7"). A true gem of Madagascar’s unique wildlife!

🦎 Furcifer antimena
📸 T. Merckx
#ExoTerra #ResearchedInTheWild #Madagascar #Chameleon #Wildlife #Herping #Nature

March 21 is International Day of Forests! 🌳🌍

Forests are the lungs of our planet, providing oxygen, regulating climate, and sheltering an incredible diversity of life!

Check out these breathtaking moments from our expeditions! 📸✨ Can you guess during which expedition each photo was taken? Let us know in the comments!

#InternationalDayOfForests #ExoTerra #ResearchedInTheWild #Forests #Biodiversity #Nature #Wildlife

🌍 🦎 Gabon embodies the untouched wilderness of equatorial Africa, a rare window into the continent’s past. It is one of Africa's least explored countries, a land of ancient forests, gleaming mangroves, vast lagoons, and pristine white beaches. 🏝️

📽️ Experience the untamed beauty of Gabon. Watch the full Exo Terra Expedition video now! 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_hiljNF79Q&t=36s
When you're finished, comment your favorite Gabon species below! #ExoTerra #Gabon #Africa #Nature #Wildlife #Reptiles #ResearchedInTheWild

🪵🦎Perched on a branch in the lush Sri Lankan rainforest, a vibrant Common Green Forest Lizard surveys its surroundings. 👀

📸 Picture taken during the Exo Terra Sri Lanka expedition.

🦎 Calotes calotes
#ExoTerra #SriLanka #ResearchedInTheWild

🔍 Ebenau's leaf-tailed gecko was named after German zoologist Carl Ebeneau, a trade agent and consul on Madagascar, who donated a vast Madagascan herpetological collection to the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt.

🦎 Uroplatus ebenaui
📸 Roland Zobel
🌍 #Madagascar
#ExoTerra #ResearchedInTheWild