Southwest Reptiles and Amphibians
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Common Chuckwalla - Sauromalus ater
Duméril, 1856
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| Adult, Maricopa County, Arizona © Lou Silva |
Juvenile, Maricopa County, Arizona © Lou Silva |
Juvenile, Maricopa County, Arizona © Lou Silva |
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| Adult, Maricopa County, Arizona | Adult, Maricopa County, Arizona | Adult, Maricopa County, Arizona |
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| Adult, taking shelter in a large rock crevice, Lake Powell, Coconino County, Arizona |
Adult, Lake Powell, Coconino County, Arizona |
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| Adult, Maricopa County, Arizona |
Adult, Maricopa County, Arizona | Adult, Clark County Nevada, © Brian Hubbs |
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| Habitat, Lake Powell, Coconino County, Arizona |
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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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