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B.R. MOON
1987
Species Account
Chuckwalla
(Sauromalus obesus)
21 May Hole in the Wall campground, Providence
Mountains, San Bernardino co., CA.
T 11N R 15E Sec 8 sw'1/4. elev. ~1300m.
Adult lizard seen on rock near
picnic table in campground. It ran across
the ground + up into a crevice in the
volcanic rock. Habitat is desert scrub, including
some junipers and great Basin sagebrush, but
no creosote. Sunny day, breezy, mild.
This chuckwalla had a reddish torso,
black at both ends, and greyish tail.
21 May Wild Horse Canyon, west side of Hole in the Wall,
Providence Mountains, San Bernardino co., CA.
T 11N R 15E Sec 7 se'1/4. elev. 1300 m.
Harry Greene caught a juvenile chuckwalla
near the base of the butte on the west side
of Hole in the Wall (in Wild Horse Canyon). The
lizard was on brownish volcanic rock; desert
scrub vegetation (Yuccas, cholla, & other small shrubs)
Specimen collected by Harry Greene.