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Desert Iguana - Dipsosaurus dorsalis
San Lucan Desert Iguana - Dipsosaurus dorsalis lucasensis
Cachorón Güero
Van Denburgh, 1920| Species Description |
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| Adult, Agua Caliente, Baja California Sur |
Adult, Cape Region, Baja California Sur © John T. Snow |
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| Adult, Cape Region, Baja California Sur © Mauricio Correa | ||
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| Adult, near La Paz, Baja California Sur © NozoMojo.com | ||
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| Habitat, Agua Caliente, Baja California Sur |
Habitat, near La Paz, Baja California Sur © NozoMojo.com | |
| Short videos of this species but a different subspecies | ||
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| A large adult desert iguana gets used to me and the camera and lets me get very close before he crawls away and does a few push-ups. | I crawled under a bush with the same friendly iguana seen to the left and tossed him a desert willow flower which he gobbled up for the camera. More fun than feeding squirrels in the park. | Several Northern Desert Iguanas in the Colorado Desert of California, U.S.A. |
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| A Northern Desert Iguana darts around and does a territorial push-up display. | A juvenile desert iguana in the Mohave desert of California, U.S.A. |
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References:
Grismer, L. Lee. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. The University of California Press, 2002. McPeak, Ron H. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California. Sea Challengers, 2000. Samuel M. McGinnis and Robert C. Stebbins. Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles & Amphibians. 4th Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2018. Stebbins, Robert C. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 3rd Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. The Reptile Database San Diego Natural History Museum |
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