Desert iguana
| Desert iguana | |
|---|---|
| A desert iguana near Amboy Crater, California | |
| Scientific 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.
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