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    Species Accepted

    Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Baird & Girard, 1852)

    Common Desert Iguana
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Dipsosaurus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      19 results
      Almindelig Ørkenleguan Danish
      Cachorón Güero Spanish
      Common Desert Iguana English
      Desert Iguana English
      Iguana de desierto Spanish
      Iguana-do-deserto Portuguese
      Iguane du désert French
      Northern Desert Iguana
      Sonoran Desert Iguana
      Western Desert Iguana

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      91 results
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      Werning, H. & D. Scherer & L. Barkam. (2002). Nachzucht des Wüstenleguans Dipsosaurus dorsalis (BAIRD & GIRARD, 1852) bis zur F2-Generation. Salamandra 38 (4): 213-222.
      Lemos-Espinal JA, & Smith GR. (2020). A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Sinaloa, Mexico with a conservation status summary and comparisons with neighboring states. ZooKeys 931: 85-114.
      Buckley, Larry J.; Kevin de Queiroz, Tandora D. Grant, Bradford D. Hollingsworth, John B. Iverson (Chair, Stesha A. Pasachnik, and Catherine L. Stephen (Iguana Taxonomy Working Group, ITWG. (2016). A Checklist of the Iguanas of the World (Iguanidae; Iguaninae). Herp. Cons. Biol. 11 (Monograph 6).
      Grismer, L. Lee. (1999). An evolutionary classification of reptiles on islands in the Gulf of California, México. Herpetologica 55 (4): 446-469.
      Heimes, P. (2022). LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 Pp.
      de Queiroz K. (1995). Checklist and key to the extant species of Mexican iguanas (Reptilia: Iguaninae). Publ. Esp. Mus. Zool. Univ. Nac. Autón. México 9: 1-48.
      Bealor, M.T. & C.O. Krekorian. (2002). Chemosensory Identification of Lizard-Eating Snakes in the Desert Iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Squamata: Iguanidae). Journal of Herpetology 36 (1): 9-15.
      Villegas-Patraca R, Aguilar-López JL, Hernández-Hernández JC, & Muñoz-Jiménez O. (2022). Diversity and conservation of terrestrial vertebrates (birds, mammals, and reptiles) of Sierra Cucapá, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. ZooKeys 1088: 17-39.

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