Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Dark Chuckwalla (Phymaturus tenebrosus), recorded as Endangered
Dark Chuckwalla (Phymaturus tenebrosus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Dark Chuckwalla

Phymaturus tenebrosus

Dark Chuckwalla is a snake.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Phymaturus tenebrosus
Recorded from
Argentina
Taxonomy
Squamata · Liolaemidae · Phymaturus

The iguanian lizard

It was first described by Lobo ug Quinteros in 2005.

Liolaemid lizards are South American iguanians of rock, sand, and scrub. Many are live-bearing at altitude.

Range and habitat

Dark Chuckwalla is recorded from Argentina.

GBIF currently lists 120 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Dark Chuckwalla is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Dark Chuckwalla — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q5089014 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Dark Chuckwalla?
Dark Chuckwalla is a snake.
What is the conservation status of Dark Chuckwalla?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Phymaturus tenebrosus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Dark Chuckwalla live?
Dark Chuckwalla is a snake.
Why is Dark Chuckwalla in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Phymaturus tenebrosus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Dark Chuckwalla a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.