It's a desert iguana! Very cute! ^^

At least I'm pretty sure. I've only seen photos of them.

Just Googled for images and I believe you're right! He's got an awesome name, too: Dipsosaurus Dorsalis. Makes me want to make a fursona character of it: Dipsy Iguana. Definitely a silly fellow, with a wacky sense of humour... Derp.

Hehehe

I'm such an idiot. *giggle*

An even worse name: Derpy the Herpy. Augh... I still like "Dippy", though. Heh.

"Now where did I leave my tasty cricket?"

LOL These guys are vegetarians- he'd be more likely to ask if you had any nice cactus flowers.

did you get a look at the tail? If it had any black or white it would most likely be a whip tail lizard verses a desert iguana, due to the apparent small size and longer snout (than a desert iguana).

The tail is smooth, as is most of the body, and light coloured- the few Whiptail lizards I've managed to spot have more obvious shield-like scales in darker colours, if I remember right. They live in the area, too, and I think I might have some photos of a few. They get really cool in their mating colours- blues, oranges, reds and greens show up under the dark greeny-brown. Handsome lizards in their own right.

This fellow was about ten inches long- a hefty size for a lizard in the area, from what I've seen. Probably weighed in at a good pound, at least. I think Whiptails are somewhat smaller- all of the ones I'd seen (which I often confused with the fence-lizards because they're similar in appearance to my eye- fence lizards are even smaller, though) were smaller than the white ones. I'd never seen the white lizards until hitting the Cholla Garden, in Joshua Tree- I was joyed to see a species I didn't know and took lots of pics of any who were kind enough to show themselves.

ah, I was decieved by the plant life in the foreground to its size. Great find!!

I was so happy to capture his/her image, I literally bounced and cooed in happiness. *giggles*

Definatly a desert iguana (whiptails have very large scutes on the top of the head). What a cutie!!! I miss having wild lizards around.

He (or she) was so handsome, and so startling when he wandered out from under a bush... I'd already seen a few of them that day, and was hoping to get a chance to see one up close and take a photo.