chuckwallas in English

noun
1
a large dark-bodied lizard, the male of which has a light yellow tail, native to the deserts of the southwestern US and Mexico. When threatened, it inflates itself with air to wedge itself into a crevice.
This variation makes Sonoran Desert chuckwallas ideal for investigating the relationship between population density and mating system structure.

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1. Chuckwallas can grow up to 16 inches long and weigh 2 pounds

2. See below for more information about how Chuckwallas were prepared and eaten

3. Viewing Hints: Both Chuckwallas are good climbers and spend much of their time in the saguaro cactus skeleton

4. Adult Chuckwalla sunning on petroglyphs: General Description: Common Chuckwallas (Sauromalus ater), are large, heavy bodied lizards.The body color and tail color can be all black, black and white banded, or all white, and Chuckwallas can change from dark to light depending on their body temperature (dark when cold to absorb more heat).

5. There has been a study going on for years at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum involving San Esteban Island Chuckwallas, where there is a large breeding colony

6. Sauromalus ater, the common Chuckwalla, inhabits deserts in the western United States and Mexico and 30 known islands in the Gulf of Mexico.Specifically, the Mojave and Sonoran deserts are known to have thriving populations of Chuckwallas

7. The common Chuckwalla male tends to be overly black, with cream flecks, which will increase in number and intensity of colour depending on the height of the Chuckwallas core temperature, in order to regulate heat, with a cream and grey striped tail that continues to fade with age.