ð¼Etymology of the name Gad. Abarim Publications' online Biblical Hebrew Dictionary. The name Gad indicates a fortune for which a troublesome, invasive effort is made. There are plenty of words to indicate treasure or felicity, but Leah who named the son of her maid, chose this painful word ××, Gad.
The marine iguana is the only sea-going lizard. The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is an endemic species to the Galapagos Islands, an archipelago of approximately 25,000 square miles located 600 to 700 miles west of Ecuador in equatorial waters (Carpenter 1966).escription of Species. The marine iguana body is elongate and fusiform. The average length of an adult male is approximately 1.3 meters and an adult female is approximately 0.6 meters in length. The weight of these iguanas range between 0.5 kilograms and 1.5 kilograms (Berry 1984).
The bigger marine iguanas (usually males) swim out past the waves and dive underwater to feed. They usually dive down about 5 to 16 feet, but some very large adults can dive up to 50 feet or more.They are usually underwater for just a few minutes, but have been known to stay underwater for over half an hour.Iguanas are cold blooded so they need outside heat to warm their bodies.hey are the only lizards that are able to live and feed in the sea. Marine iguanas are vegetarians. They feed on seaweed and algae which they find on rocks, in tidal pools, or in the sea. The adult males can grow to over 5 feet long and the females up to almost 4 feet.