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- noun Plural form of
chuckwalla .
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Examples
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Ecoregion 14b has a diverse array of reptiles, including iguanas, chuckwallas, and leopard, collared, horned, and spiny lizards.
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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.
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Wildlife trade threatens chuckwallas, gila monsters, and desert tortoises.
Mojave desert 2008
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Without crowds of people, whiptail lizards, desert iguanas, and stout chuckwallas abound.
Three Planetary Futures Weisman, Alan 2008
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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
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These hooks were also used to drag out chuckwallas and smaller rodents that were also eaten.
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These hooks were also used to drag out chuckwallas and smaller rodents that were also eaten.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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They tried chuckwallas too, but chuckwalla meat turned out to be more disagreeable than starvation.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Sauromalus hispidus, see chuckwallas savanna nightjars Caprimulgus affinis, 150
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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The number of live chuckwallas captured and released remains drastically low.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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