Table 2. Tally of pit tags deployed and their success rates for Allen Cays iguanas. Abbreviations are Recaps (recaptured lizards), Cum (cumulative), True tag failures (tags palpable under skin, but no signal), and Other tag failures (tags not palpable and no signal). Data for 2001 are for May captures only.
  U Cay Leaf Cay
Year Number newly tagged Cum total tagged Recaps with tags True tag failures Other tag failures Number newly tagged Cum total tagged Recaps with tags True tag failures Other tag failures
1993 5 5 0 -- -- 11 11 0 -- --
1994 13 18 3 0 0 3 14 5 0 0
1995 52 70 10 0 0 19 33 8 0 0
1996 56 126 36 0 0 56 89 19 0 1
1998 0 126 57 0 3 77 166 49 1 2
2000 29 155 74 0 1 55 221 80 0 2
2001 24 179 75 0 0 14 235 93 1 2