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Xochitónal is a hand-sculpted fiberglass and steel red iguana sculpture at Red Iguana 2, 866 W South Temple, Salt Lake City, by Utah artist Stephen Kesler. Reported in 2017 as 33 ft long from nose to tail and 12.5 ft tall including a 6 ft base, about 1,000 lb, covered in over 120,000 hand-sculpted scales. It was made for the Cardenas family's 50 years in the restaurant business and unveiled around Halloween 2017.
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Red Iguana restaurant iguana
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Site-level location · 40.7697° N, 111.9161° W
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Displayed in the restaurant's grounds at Red Iguana 2; the restaurant describes a display area behind the building with a child-friendly waiting area next to it.
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