Desert iguana

Desert iguana[1]
A desert iguana near Amboy Crater, California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus: Dipsosaurus
Species:
D. dorsalis
Binomial name
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
(Baird and Girard, 1852)

The desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) is an iguana species found in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, as well as on several Gulf of California islands.

  1. ^ "Dipsosaurus dorsalis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  2. ^ Malone, C.L.; French, S. (2019). "Dipsosaurus dorsalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T194975A2370621. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T194975A2370621.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.