Northern Desert Iguana - Dipsosaurus dorsalis dorsalis

Cachorón Güero

(Baird and Girard, 1852)


Adult, Isla del Carmen, Baja California Sur	Juvenile, Isla del Carmen, Baja California Sur	Adult, Isla del Carmen, Baja California Sur

A breeding pair from Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California. The male was keeping another male away from his female by bobbing his head and chasing way the other male. Then he would go back next to the female. © Stuart Young

	Adult, Isla del Carmen, Baja California Sur

Habitat

Habitat, Isla del Carmen, Baja California Sur	Habitat, Isla del Carmen, Baja California Sur	Adult in habitat from Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California © Stuart Young

Short Videos

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.

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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