Definitions of whiptail
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any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards
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synonyms:
whiptail lizard
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types:
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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
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type of:
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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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