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The Casino Aruba at Hilton Unveils Exciting New Slot Machines

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Sun catchers: The different lizards in Aruba

ORANJESTAD – Colorful or camou- up to 2 meters in size, including the locally as the Pega-Pega, mean- They are variable in coloration,
flaged, you’re bound to encounter tail, making them one of the larg- ing sticky-sticky, due to the way it from a mottled dark gray to or-
a variety of lizards basking in the est in the iguana family. As you will sticks to walls using the suction in its ange-brown, and are capable of
sun or scurrying on their way in our see, despite their name, as they little fingers. They are found inside changing color depending on their
island. From the charming, friendly reach adulthood, the iguanas can houses, and are mostly a nocturnal mood and surroundings. Mottled
iguanas to the good-luck gecko take on a grey or blue tone instead animal. and banded markings aid in cam-
Pega-Pega, you’re bound to meet of the bright green displayed by ouflage against tree bark. They are
a few of these special residents the young ones. In Aruba – as in the According to Etnia Nativa, the lo- harmless and fragile; you can hold
during your visit. rest of the Kingdom of the Nether- cal Pega Pega is immediately rec- one in your hands as long as you
lands – the most usual color varies ognizable by its large size, with a are VERY gentle.
Aruba, as a desert island, is home from green to lavender, black and body length of up to 12 cm, and its Never put pressure on its tail be-
to an incredible variety of unique sometimes a reddish brown. large, swollen tail, approximately cause it will surely drop as a mea-
and colorful species. Among them the same length or slightly shorter sure to try to distract the predator,
we can find different lizards, most Yuwana is a protected species, as than its body; females are larger and they are different from other
of which have South American it is listed under Appendix II of the and more robust than males. It has lizards because they’re long-lived,
origins. But there are a few excep- Convention on International Trade short, robust legs with flattened talkative, lack eyelids, and their
tions. in Endangered Species (CITES), toes and extensive basal webbing. small scales are situated next to
meaning that international trade is The undersides of its toes are cov- each other like cobblestones rath-
Iguanas regulated through the CITES permit ered in lamellae, which are used er than overlapping as is the case
Iguanas are easy to spot, as they system. In the past, Arubans used as friction pads to cling to smooth in most other lizards.
are larger than most other lizards to eat a popular Yuwana soup, as it vertical surfaces. Some can even
and when young, have a bright was believed to give strength and walk around completely upside Turnip-tailed Geckos are insectivo-
green color that makes them stand help restore health – probably due down. Its toes are covered with rous and feed on cockroaches,
out. to the protein boost it delivered. ridges, which are peppered with grasshoppers, beetles, flies, mos-
However, it is now illegal to catch, millions of microscopic bristle-like quitoes, and spiders, which makes
The iguanas usually found in Aruba kill, buy or sell Yuwanas in Aruba, structures called setae that at- them the best pest control to have
are the Iguana iguana, known as and this includes eating them! tach and detach when the animal at home!
the green iguana, or locally as Yu- wills them to, and they never get
wana. The Yuwana are a mostly Turnip-tailed gecko gunked up. Continued on Page 11
herbivorous species, and can grow The turnip-tailed gecko is known