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  • noun Plural form of chuckwalla.

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Examples

  • Ecoregion 14b has a diverse array of reptiles, including iguanas, chuckwallas, and leopard, collared, horned, and spiny lizards.

    Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA) 2009

  • The giant Isla San Esteban and spiny chuckwallas on islands in the Gulf of California have a pair of lateral lymph sacs in the sides of their bodies that allow them to store extracellular fluid.

    Adaptations of desert amphibians and reptiles 2009

  • Wildlife trade threatens chuckwallas, gila monsters, and desert tortoises.

    Mojave desert 2008

  • Without crowds of people, whiptail lizards, desert iguanas, and stout chuckwallas abound.

    Three Planetary Futures Weisman, Alan 2008

  • The Mojave's 760 wildlife species, from desert bighorns to chuckwallas, and a landscape that nature began sculpting when dinosaurs roamed the West, will endure.

    BIRTH OF A PARK 2008

  • These hooks were also used to drag out chuckwallas and smaller rodents that were also eaten.

    Great Basin Rabbit Hunting 2005

  • These hooks were also used to drag out chuckwallas and smaller rodents that were also eaten.

    Archive 2005-11-01 2005

  • They tried chuckwallas too, but chuckwalla meat turned out to be more disagreeable than starvation.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Sauromalus hispidus, see chuckwallas savanna nightjars Caprimulgus affinis, 150

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • The number of live chuckwallas captured and released remains drastically low.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

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