'Giant' lizard specimen to be repatriated from Scotland to Jamaica

A 170-YEAR-OLD lizard specimen is to be returned to its Jamaican homeland from a Scottish university collection as part of reparatory justice moves.

A joint team from the University of the West Indies and the Institute of Jamaica will now travel to Glasgow to retrieve the specimen in what is said to be the first repatriation of a natural “By returning the Galliwasp to its rightful place, we take a small but significant step towards laying the foundation for a regional and international discussion on repatriation.”

The lizard, a mature adult, is contained in a glass stoppered jar and stored in 70% ethanol and is said to be in good condition for a wet preserved specimen that is around 170 years old.

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