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desert iguana

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noun

  1. a long-tailed iguanid lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, of arid areas in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, having a row of enlarged scales down the back.

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The Desert Iguana, however, is terrestrial.

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