"Sauromalus obesus" sunan kimiyya ne ga nau'in kadangaru na Chuckwalla 'yan asalin kudu maso yammacin Amurka da Mexico. malus," wanda ke nufin babba. "Obesus" yana nufin kiba ko kiba a cikin harshen Latin, mai yiwuwa yana nufin ƙaƙƙarfan kadangaru, siffar jiki. Saboda haka, "Sauromalus obesus" yana nufin jinsin manya-manyan kadangaru masu zagaye-zagaye da aka fi sani da Chuckwallas.
