Hey Ron!

My gut tells me not for the long haul. While the Angel Island, and San Esteban chucks are a little more tolerant of humidity, based on their native habitats, they both come from extremely dry desert like islands. They do get a fair amount of humidity during the summer monsoon season, but those wet spells are somewhat short. To counter this argument you could look at Rock and Rhinoceros Iguanas. All of these giants come from islands that are found in a very tropical portion of the world, however the Rhino Iguana is said to come from one of the driest "deserts" with the highest levels of UV light! These Iguanas do extremely well anywhere, especially Florida!

The things that you would want to keep an eye on would be respiratory infections/diseases, and external sores, which are usually fungal infections due to high humidity.

Other types of reptiles to look at for comparison might be the Uromastyx, and Bearded Dragons. They are often times compared to Chucks. How do these types do in your area. You would probably find that any of the Chucks will do about the same.

I would give it a try regardless of my gut, if things don't work out you would always be able to house it inside with drier conditions or sell/trade it.

While I am not an expert, nor have I had the pleasure of raising
either S.Varius or S. Hispidus I have taken risks and chances
that ended up being well worth it in the end.

Just my 2cents,
-Kory

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