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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...
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Dipsosaurus catalinensis, the
Catalina desert iguana, is a
species of
lizard in the
family Iguanidae. The
species is
native to Isla
Santa Catalina in...
- Paleocene,
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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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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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...
- The
desert iguana (
Dipsosaurus dorsalis) is well-adapted to
desert life....
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while extreme heat-adapted species, like the
American desert iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis, can have
optimal physiological temperatures in the mammalian...
