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Desert Iguana - Dipsosaurus dorsalis


San Lucan Desert Iguana - Dipsosaurus dorsalis lucasensis

Cachorón Güero

Van Denburgh, 1920

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Desert Iguana Desert Iguana Desert Iguana
Adult, Agua Caliente, Baja California Sur
Adult, Cape Region, Baja California Sur
© John T. Snow
Desert Iguana Desert Iguana  
Adult, Cape Region, Baja California Sur © Mauricio Correa  
Desert Iguana Desert Iguana  
Adult, near La Paz, Baja California Sur © NozoMojo.com  
     
Habitat
Desert Iguana habitat Desert Iguana habitat  
Habitat, Agua Caliente,
Baja California Sur
Habitat, near La Paz, Baja California Sur © NozoMojo.com  
     
Short videos of this species but a different subspecies
Northern Desert Iguana Northern Desert Iguana Northern Desert Iguana
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.
Northern Desert Iguana Northern Desert Iguana  
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.
 

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







Baja California Reptiles & Amphibians

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