Definition of Fringe-toed lizard

1. Noun. With long pointed scales around toes; of deserts of United States and Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Uma Notata
Generic synonyms: Iguanid, Iguanid Lizard
Group relationships: Genus Uma, Uma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fringe-toed Lizard

frilled
frilled lizard
frilled lizards
frilled shark
friller
frillers
frillier
frillies
frilliest
frilling
frillings
frills
frilly
frine
fringe
fringe-toed lizard (current term)
fringe-y
fringe benefit
fringe benefits
fringe bush
fringe cups
fringe group
fringe groups
fringe tree
fringed
fringed gecko
fringed gentian
fringed loosestrife
fringed orchid

Literary usage of Fringe-toed lizard

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

1. Somaliland: Being an Account of Two Expeditions Into the Far Interior by Charles Victor Alexander Peel (1900)
"... above bronze green, with two golden streaks along side ; under parts whitish. Length 10^ inches. fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus savignyi). ..."

2. Preparing for an Uncertain Climate by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1993)
"One notable example is the Coachella Valley Fringe-Toed Lizard. HCP, designed to protect an endangered lizard that is uniquely adapted to its sandy desert ..."

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