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I got a 7 month old Chuckwalla about 3 weeks ago and the pattern is really nice, but is a dull brown and beige. Well the dullness was the starting of shedding and today I gently pulled off some of the skin and what emerged amazed me. I could belive how bright the back was and it has a lot of orange speckles. I have to get my camera working so I can post a picture. Obviously not as beautiful as Chewalla, but still really nice. Now are the males more colorful than the females? I don't know what it is yet, but when I looked underneath the femoral pores were pretty noticable. I love these Chucks!! They are great pets - very personable.

Casey

As in many species, not human of course, the male chuckwalla is the more colorful.

As in many species, not human of course, the male chuckwalla is the more colorful.

Female chucks don't have a cosmetics counter, highlights, or pushup bras to keep up with the human females. Come to think of it, neither of the males do either.