Definition of Collared lizard

1. Noun. Any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico.

Generic synonyms: Iguanid, Iguanid Lizard
Group relationships: Crotaphytus, Genus Crotaphytus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collared Lizard

collar cell
collar incision
collar of Venus
collarbone
collarbones
collard
collard greens
collards
collared
collared anteater
collared antshrike
collared antshrikes
collared dove
collared doves
collared flagellate
collared lizard (current term)
collared peccary
collared pika
collaret
collarets
collarette
collarettes
collaring
collarless
collarmaker
collarmakers
collars
collastin
collatable
collate

Literary usage of Collared lizard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"As a captive, the collared lizard is bright and hardy. ... Aside from the cannibalistic habits, the collared lizard is fond of small flowers. ..."

2. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"... yellow mud turtle western box turtle greater earless lizard collared lizard leopard lizard lesser earless lizard Texas horned lizard round-tailed horned ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... brown iguanid lizards, such as Uta, Holbrookia (qq.v. ), Ctenosaura, and Crotaphytus. (See collared lizard.) The large genus Sceloporus (see ALLIGATOR ..."

4. Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians by Junius Henderson, John Peabody Harrington (1914)
"Bailey's collared lizard. This fine lizard probably occurs throughout the region, though we saw none. O. collaris was reported at Santa Fe and San Ildefonso ..."

5. Guide to the Systematic Use of the North American Bird and Nature Study: A by Harold Brough Shinn, Gerard Alan Abbott (1912)
"collared lizard. The collared, or kangaroo, lizard inhabits the same district as the horned "toad" and lives in much the same manner. ..."

6. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"... Inhabitants of sandy soils and water Woodhouse's toad Bufo woodhousei Inhabitants of trees or rocks Eastern collared lizard Crotaphytus collaris Prairie ..."

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