I Wanna Iguana!

First I have some plain scientific description of the Desert Iguana. Believe me, when you see one, it is a lot cooler than anything makes it sound. From a subjective opinion, they look like very cool, sleek aliens. But here is some real scientific info.
The Desert Iguana lives in California, in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, Nevada, Arizona, and upper Mexico. They inhabit dry, hot parts of the desert, mostly where there is creosote. They are white with pale brown spots across the head and back and brown bars on the tail. Around their eyes are black markings which make their eyes look elongated (hence the alien comment). In the bright sunlight they look purely white, especially from a distance. They stay out in temperatures up to 115 degrees Farenheit before retreating into their burrows. The iguanas don't dig their own, instead taking up residence in abandoned holes. They eat mostly plant material, a favorite being creosote flowers, but they eat anything else they can find.
My aunt told me it actually came up to 115 yesterday. For our work today we drove down to McCallun pond to take samples of plants. Since it was pretty humid today, it felt wonderful to be in the water. The mud at the bottom of the pond was nice and squishy, and we waded through and found a few samples of plants. Later, Petsmart identified the plants for us, but we barely made it out of the store alive. The kittens almost had us fully hypnotized.
(By the way, the title is just poetic license. I WANT NO IGUANAS. But they are the definition of cool. I suggest you look at one in person.)