Desert iguana (redirect from Dipsosaurus dorsalis)
The desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) is an iguana species found in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of the Southwestern United States and northwestern...
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iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Baird and Girard), 1852 Catalina desert iguana, Dipsosaurus catalinensis (Van Denburgh, 1922) Dipsosaurus at the Reptarium...
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these pores, others in the same family do not. In the desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis), the waxy lipids released from the femoral pores absorb ultraviolet...
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Paleocene, at about 62 million years ago. The most basal extant genus, Dipsosaurus, diverged from the rest of Iguaninae during the late Eocene, about 38...
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while extreme heat-adapted species, like the American desert iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis, can have optimal physiological temperatures in the mammalian range...
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The desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) is well-adapted to desert life....
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Ctenosaura quinquecarinata (Gray, 1842) Ctenosaura similis (Gray, 1831) Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Baird & Girard, 1852) Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) Sauromalus...
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this family are still quite large. For example, the desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) can reach a length of up to 61 cm (24 in). The largest species of...
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(Toxostoma lecontei), banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus), desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis), chuckwalla (Sauromalus obesus), and regal horned lizard (Phrynosoma...
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social structure to their conspecifics. Similar to other lizards like Dipsosaurus dorsalis or Tropidurus spp., the Chinese crocodile lizards would also swing...
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to the region and confined to developed areas; the desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis); the chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater); the greater earless lizard (Cophosaurus...
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non-native to the region but have been introduced; the desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis); the chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater); the greater earless lizard (Cophosaurus...
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California rattlesnake), Crotalus ruber (red diamond rattlesnake), Dipsosaurus dorsalis (desert iguana), Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha (coast night snake), Hypsiglena...
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lizards will eat insects in captivity. For example, the desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) consistently eats mealworms in zoos, whereas in the wild its diet...
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species of reptiles: Callisaurus draconoides (zebra-tailed lizard), Dipsosaurus dorsalis (desert iguana), and Uta stansburiana (common side-blotched lizard)...
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Gray's spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis) * LC Desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) LC Green iguana (Iguana iguana) * Chuckwallas Common chuckwalla...
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challenging environment. Reptiles, such as the coastal desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) and various lizard species, are common. Mammals, including the desert...
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Species Common name Dipsosaurus dorsalis Desert iguana Sauromalus ater Common chuckwalla...
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Isla Santiago has only one species of reptile, the desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis). "TheNAT :: Amphibian and Reptile Atlas of Peninsular California"...
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standingi) Common collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) Desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) Spiny lizard Brachylophus fasciatus Rock monitor (Varanus albigularis)...
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horned lizard / "horny toad" (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) Desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) Desert night lizard (Xantusia vigilis) Desert spiny lizard (Sceloporus...
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novaeguineae) Zarudnyi's worm lizard (Diplometopon zarudnyi) Desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) Beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) New Guinea snake-lizard (Lialis...
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1313-2970. Mayhew, Wilbur W. (1971). "Reproduction in the Desert Lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis". Herpetologica. 27 (1): 57–77. ISSN 0018-0831. Nagy, Kenneth A....
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