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title: "Woestijnleguaan"
description: "Dipsosaurus dorsalis — Reptielen. The desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) is an iguana species found in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, as well as on several Gulf of California islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/desert-iguana
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Woestijnleguaan

> Dipsosaurus dorsalis — Reptielen. The desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) is an iguana species found in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, as well as on several Gulf of California islands.

- Scientific name: *Dipsosaurus dorsalis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 8894
- Wikidata: [Q912330](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912330)
- iNaturalist taxon: [35356](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35356)

## Names

- en: Desert Iguana
- de: Wüstenleguan
- es: Iguana de desierto
- fr: Iguane du désert
- nl: Woestijnleguaan
- pl: Pustyniogwan

## Countries with the most observations

US (6788), MX (1766)

## Summary

The desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) is an iguana species found in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, as well as on several Gulf of California islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_iguana

## Photo

![Woestijnleguaan](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/desert-iguana/medium.jpg)

Photo: ant, like the bug · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111359413

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/desert-iguana?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).