Chihuahuan da aka hange whiptail wani nau'in kadangaru ne da ake samu a kudu maso yammacin Amurka da arewacin Mexico. "Chihuahuan" yana nufin yankin Chihuahua na Mexico, inda aka fi samun wannan nau'in, yayin da "tabo" da "whiptail" suna bayyana halayen jiki na kadangaru. Kalmar “tabo” tana nufin fitattun tabo ko tabo a jikinsa, yayin da “whiptail” ke nufin doguwar wutsiya mara nauyi mai kama da bulala.