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whiptail, whiptail lizard
any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards
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teju
large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as food
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caiman lizard
crocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails and mussels
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Cnemidophorus sexlineatus, race runner, racerunner, six-lined racerunner
very swift lizard of eastern and central United States
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Cnemidophorus velox, plateau striped whiptail
having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western Colorado
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Chihuahuan spotted whiptail, Cnemidophorus exsanguis
having longitudinal stripes overlaid with light spots; upland lizard of United States southwest and Mexico
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Cnemidophorus tigris, western whiptail
active lizard having a network of dusky dark markings; of semiarid areas from Oregon and Idaho to Baja California
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Cnemidophorus tesselatus, checkered whiptail
markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail; from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua
