Got’cha! …and I shall call him Emilio…
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
I have been searching for this creature, albeit in an entirely haphazard way, for nigh on a decade…
Dipsosaurus dorsalis – The Desert Iguana
According to WikiPedia, this is, “one of the most common lizards of the Sonoran and Mojave deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.”
And yet, I had never seen one, UNTIL YESTERDAY!
…perhaps I was not ready
Adorable as he is sneaky!