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spiny lizard

DEFINITIONS OF: spiny lizard

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n any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America

Types:
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fence lizard
spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico
Sceloporus graciosus, sagebrush lizard
a ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes; of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains
Sceloporus occidentalis, blue-belly, swift, western fence lizard
common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
Sceloporus undulatus, eastern fence lizard, pine lizard
small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia
Type of:
iguanid, iguanid lizard
lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males

n desert lizard that feeds on ants

Synonyms:
Moloch horridus, mountain devil
Type of:
moloch
any lizard of the genus Moloch
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