chuck·wal·la

(chŭk′wŏl′ə)

Any of several large herbivorous lizards of the genus Sauromalus of the southwest United States and Mexico, especially S. ater.

[American Spanish chacahuala, from Cahuilla tcáxxwal.]

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chuckwalla

(ˈtʃʌkˌwɒlə)

(Animals) a lizard, Sauromalus obesus, that has an inflatable body and inhabits desert regions of the southwestern US: family Iguanidae (iguanas)

[from Mexican Spanish chacahuala, from Shoshonean tcaxxwal]

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chuck•wal•la

(ˈtʃʌkˌwɑ lə)

n., pl. -las.

an iguanid lizard, Sauromalis obesus, of arid parts of southwestern U.S. and Mexico.

[1865–70, Amer.; < California Sp chacahuala < Cahuilla čáxwal]

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chuckwalla - a herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico

Sauromalus obesus

iguanid, iguanid lizard - lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males

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Sauromalus varius, the San Esteban Chuckwalla, is a large, herbivorous lizard in the family Iguanidae (Etheridge, 1982; Grismer, 1994a; Grismer, 1994b) endemic to Isla San Esteban, Sonora, Mexico (Shaw, 1945).

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Bite-force performance and head shape in a sexually dimorphic crevice-dwelling lizard, the common chuckwalla [Sauromalus ater (= obesus)].

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Chuckwalla land; the riddle of California's desert.

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