-
Dipsosaurus is a
genus of
lizards in the
family Iguanidae. Currently,
there are two
described species in this genus.
Desert iguana,
Dipsosaurus dorsalis...
- the tip of its vent.
Dipsosaurus contains two species, D. dorsalis, and D. catalinensis.
Genetic evidence supports Dipsosaurus being the most
basal extant...
- Paleocene,
about 62
million years ago. The most
basal extant genus,
Dipsosaurus,
diverged from the rest of
Iguaninae during the late Eocene,
about 38...
-
Dipsosaurus catalinensis, the
Catalina desert iguana, is a
species of
lizard in the
family Iguanidae. The
species is
native to Isla
Santa Catalina in...
-
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...
-
ground iguana Ricord's
iguana San
Salvador iguana Mona
ground iguana Dipsosaurus Desert iguana Catalina desert iguana Iguana Green iguana Lesser Antillean...
- They are the
second most
basal extant genus in the family, with only
Dipsosaurus diverging earlier. The
location of
members of Brachylophus, so distant...
- (Toxostoma lecontei),
banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus),
desert iguana (
Dipsosaurus dorsalis),
chuckwalla (Sauromalus obesus), and
regal horned lizard (Phrynosoma...
-
while extreme heat-adapted species, like the
American desert iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis, can have
optimal physiological temperatures in the mammalian...
- non-native to the
region but have been introduced; the
desert iguana (
Dipsosaurus dorsalis); the
chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater); the
greater earless lizard...
