Desert Iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis

Desert Iguana
Desert Iguana
The Desert Iguana is native to the deserts of southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico.
Desert Iguana
Desert Iguana
Desert Iguana
Sides of males and females become pinkish in the breeding season. It can reach some 16 inches (40cm) long.
Desert Iguana
Desert Iguana
Desert Iguana
It is vegetarian, eating fruit and leaves, particularly liking the creosote bush and often living in burrows in sand beneath these bushes.