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Sauromalus ater
Chuckwalla
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Photographer: Aaron Schusteff
ID: 0000 0000 0511 0292 (2011-05-05)Copyright © 2011 Aaron Schusteff
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date of photo Mar 30, 2011
location
Box Canyon, north of Mecca (Riverside County, California, US)family
Iguanidae
notes This juvenile Chuckawalla was found on a warm morning in talus near the bottom of a steep rocky canyonette/chute. It was fairly tame, only paying cursory attention to my presence while it wandered about on the rocks...occasionally climbing up onto Perityle emoryi plants (one is visible in background) and chomping on their flowers and foliage. As I discovered on the chuckawalla page at the (great) web site California Herps, there was some controversy concerning synonimizing the old name Sauromalus obesus with the species S. ater, see this link for details. photo category: Animal - Reptile
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Chuckwalla (photographer)
View The Reptile Database record for Sauromalus aterView all photos in CalPhotos of Sauromalus ater Check Google Images for Sauromalus ater |
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