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Spiny Chuckwalla - Sauromalus hispidus

Iguana Espinosa de Pared

Stejnegeri, 1891

(Angel Island Chuckwalla)


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Spiny Chuckwalla Spiny Chuckwalla Spiny Chuckwalla
Adult, Isla Angel de la Guarda,
Baja California 		Adult, Isla Angel de la Guarda,
Baja California
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Dried Spiny Chuckwalla carcass and skull on the ground below tall rock outcrops, a common site on Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California  
 
Habitat
Spiny Chuckwalla habitat Spiny Chuckwalla habitat  
Habitat, Isla Angel de la Guarda,
Baja California



Habitat, Isla Angel de la Guarda,
Baja California		  

References:


Grismer, L. Lee. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. The University of California Press, 2002.

McPeak, Ron H. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California. Sea Challengers, 2000.

Samuel M. McGinnis and Robert C. Stebbins. Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles & Amphibians. 4th Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2018.

Stebbins, Robert C. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 3rd Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003.

The Reptile Database

San Diego Natural History Museum







Baja California Reptiles & Amphibians

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