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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Ctenosaura quinquecarinata (Gray, 1842) Ctenosaura similis (Gray, 1831) Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Baird & Girard, 1852) Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) Sauromalus...
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The desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) is well-adapted to desert life....
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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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