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Common Chuckwalla - Sauromalus ater

Duméril, 1856

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Common Chuckwalla Common Chuckwalla Common Chuckwalla
Adult, Maricopa County, Arizona
© Lou Silva
Juvenile, Maricopa County, Arizona
© Lou Silva
Juvenile, Maricopa County, Arizona
© Lou Silva
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Common Chuckwalla Common Chuckwalla Common Chuckwalla
Adult, taking shelter in a large rock crevice,
Lake Powell, Coconino County, Arizona
Adult, Lake Powell,
Coconino County, Arizona
Common Chuckwalla Common Chuckwalla Common Chuckwalla
Adult, Maricopa County, Arizona
Adult, Maricopa County, Arizona Adult, Clark County Nevada,
© Brian Hubbs
     
Habitat
  Common Chuckwalla habitat  
  Habitat, Lake Powell,
Coconino County, Arizona
 
     
Short Videos
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A large old male chuckwalla gets some sun, does some pushups, eats some bushes, then poops. A Chuckwalla emerges from its crevice and does a territorial push-up display. From a wide view of its habtat, we zoom in on a Chuckwalla high on top of a rock.
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Chuckwallas in the San Diego County desert, including one that crawled up into a bush to eat some flowers. A Riverside County chuckwalla runs across a sandy wash into thick vegetation next to a spring and a San Diego County chuckwalla  displays on top of a large rock outcrop.  
     



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