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whiptail lizard

DEFINITIONS OF: whiptail lizard

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n any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards

Synonyms:
whiptail
Types:
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Cnemidophorus sexlineatus, race runner, racerunner, six-lined racerunner
very swift lizard of eastern and central United States
Cnemidophorus velox, plateau striped whiptail
having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western Colorado
Chihuahuan spotted whiptail, Cnemidophorus exsanguis
having longitudinal stripes overlaid with light spots; upland lizard of United States southwest and Mexico
Cnemidophorus tigris, western whiptail
active lizard having a network of dusky dark markings; of semiarid areas from Oregon and Idaho to Baja California
Cnemidophorus tesselatus, checkered whiptail
markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail; from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua
Type of:
teiid, teiid lizard
tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail
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