Retro and Gwen

[Loren]

how big do chuckwallas get?
they look large, but there's nothing there for scale, so I may be imagining things

They can get over 16 inches long, and very heavy bodied.
Here are a couple pics of me holding them.

One of the captive ones- currently 14 inches long.


the wild one. maybe 15+ inches, should have measured him.

[drache]

a bit larger than my uros
nice lizards

[Loren]

Do you know what kind of uros they are? Are they 2 different species/subspecies? They look very different from eachother.

[drache]

I believe they are ornates and they are sexually dimorphic
the black one with the neon markings is the male; the sand/brown one with the yellow feet is the female
there are instances in this species where females mimic the male look
I still haven't gotten the book I ordered, but there's a decent amount of info on the web, I've got an old Vosjoli booklet, and Sean is a lizard guy
I really need to move them from their present location, because it's right across from the beardie tank and those guys are constantly at each other across the room
I've been putting a towel over one of the tanks to cut the visual and that has helped, but it's not a permanent solution

[Loren]

Cool, I thought maybe the one looked like an ornate. Now that you say it, I think I do remember them as being dimorphic. I researched uros quite a bit a few years ago, but forgot alot of it now.
On the location thing- isnt that just one of those thing about our hobby? Everytime you think you got everything "dialed in" , something new comes along and you have do do a bunch of work to get dialed in again.
Guess it keeps us out of trouble by keeping us busy.
They sure a nice looking.

[Serpentine99]

a bit late but nice pics reed and Loren

[Snake lover 3-25]

I've never seen a black bearded dragon before so cool!

[adamanteus]

I've never seen a black bearded dragon before so cool!

Shanley..... It's a Chuckwalla!

[Snake lover 3-25]

o i should have read the whole thing ... but they do look similar...

[Loren]

This has been a fun thread. We've had Uro's mistaken for Chuckwallas that were mistaken for Beardies.