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Desert Iguana - Dipsosaurus dorsalis

(Baird and Girard, 1852)
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Desert Iguana Desert Iguana Desert Iguana
Adult, Isla del Carmen Juvenile, Isla del Carmen Adult, Isla del Carmen
Desert Iguana Desert Iguana desert iguana
Adult, Agua Caliente
Adult, Agua Caliente Adult, Isla del Carmen
Desert Iguana Desert Iguana  
Adult, Cape Region © Mauricio Correa  
   
Habitat
Desert Iguana habitat Desert Iguana habitat Desert Iguana habitat
Habitat, Isla del Carmen
Habitat, Isla del Carmen Habitat, Agua Caliente
     
Short Videos of This Species
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.
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.
 

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.

San Diego Natural History Museum







Baja California Reptiles & Amphibians

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