Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Anax amazili
The Amazon darner
Arid to pampa zones; January, March-May. It breeds in weedy ponds, and can breed in brackish water. Nymphs have been collected in brackish lagoons at Villamil, Isla Isabela
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Suborder
Anisoptera
Superfamily
Aesnoidea
Family
Aeshnidae
Genus
Anax
Species
amazili
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Bartolome, Floreana, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Isabela.
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- Gloger, H. (1964) Bemerkungen über die Odonaten-Fauna der Galapagos-Inseln nach der Ausbeute von Juan Foerster, 1959. Opuscula Zoologica 74: 1-6.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Anax amazili", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10249. Accessed 25 June 2025.