Description
They are medium-sized turtles with black-brown skin and a dark black, brown or grey shell. These turtles are very easy to identify because of the brightly coloured scales on their limbs. These colours range from yellow to orange and red.

Behaviour
During the breeding season, males fight for females. After mating, females bury 5 to 15 eggs in nests dug in the leaf litter on the forest floor. Eggs usually hatch after about 150 days. They can live for more than 50 years. 

We are a true primate rescue center

Why are they here?

Illegal trafficking is a problem which threatens numerous species, today involving as much money as drug and firearm trafficking. The primates that live in the Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura installations come from seizures by authorities that find them in illegal pet shops, with private owners, or traffickers that capture them in their natural habitat.

Description
It is unmistakable in that it has two humps that serve as a reservoir of fat. The face is long and somewhat triangular with long eyelashes which, together with nostrils that can be sealed, help to avoid dust in frequent sandstorms. 
The pads of their feet are able to expand widely for walking on sand. They have a mane and beard of long hair on the neck and throat, which in spring falls out in strips.

It is a subspecies endemic to the Canary Islands whose populations are catalogued as Critically Endangered according to the Canarian Catalogue of protected species 

• Distribution: Lanzarote and Fuerteventura
• Habitat: Mountainous, steep and difficult to access terrain.

Reproduction
Clutches are laid from February to April with 1 to 3 eggs and an incubation time of 42 days. The chicks have much darker plumage, which will change when reaching sexual maturity at 5 years old.

Description
The giant Solomon Islands skink is the largest known skink. It is characterised by a bulky body and massive head with muscular jaws. It has strong, sharp claws for climbing trees, aided by its long prehensile tail. It has a green colour with yellowish or greyish tones, and sometimes has darker transversal bands.

Description
Striped iguanas have a robust and very muscular body. Their limbs are also very muscular and end in enormous claws. Adults are greenish-grey with black stripes on the back, and dark rings on the tail, while older specimens turn reddish in colour. Males have a 1.5 cm high crest that runs along the back from the end of the head to the beginning of the tail.

DESCRIPCIÓN

Presenta un patrón de color que consiste en un color base amarillo, bronceado dorado o amarillo verdoso superpuesto con manchas, puntos y rayas de color negro o marrón oscuro. Su patrón les ayuda a camuflarse en aguas turbias y matorrales espesos.

ETOLOGÍA

Description
It is the second smallest primate in the world. Its dense coat  is a mixture of greyish and brownish colours. The hands and feet are orange with very sharp nails for clinging to trees. The tail has dark rings on a lighter background. A longer mane of hair surrounds the face and nape of the neck. Females are slightly heavier than males.

Descripción
El escinco gigante de las islas Salomón es el escinco    más grande conocido. Se caracteriza por un cuerpo voluminoso y cabeza maciza con unas mandíbulas musculosas. Presenta unas garras fuertes y afiladas que le sirven para trepar a los árboles, con la ayuda de su larga cola prensil. Tiene un color verde  con tonos amarillentos o grisáceos, y en ocasiones presenta unas bandas transversales más oscuras.

Descripción
Son tortugas de tamaño mediano con piel negra-marrón y un caparazón negro oscuro, marrón o gris. Estas tortugas son muy fáciles de identificar debido a las escamas de colores brillantes en sus extremidades. Estos colores varían desde amarillos hasta naranjas y rojos.