Definition of Genus Callisaurus

1. Noun. Zebra-tailed lizard.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Callisaurus

genus Calamintha
genus Calamus
genus Calandrinia
genus Calanthe
genus Calceolaria
genus Calendula
genus Calidris
genus Calla
genus Calliandra
genus Callicebus
genus Callimorpha
genus Callinectes
genus Calliophis
genus Calliphora
genus Callirhoe
genus Callisaurus (current term)
genus Callistephus
genus Callithrix
genus Callitriche
genus Callitris
genus Callophis
genus Callorhinus
genus Calluna
genus Calocarpum
genus Calocedrus
genus Calochortus
genus Calophyllum
genus Calopogon
genus Calosoma
genus Caltha

Literary usage of Genus Callisaurus

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)
"genus Callisaurus. Distribution.—Deserts of the Southwest. Toes long, with spiny fringes. ... The genus Callisaurus: A single species is recognised. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"On the genus Callisaurus.—Two new species of this genus present lateral fringes of the toes. These are not so well developed as in the species referred to ..."

3. The Geology of the Environs of Albuquerque, New Mexico by Clarence Luther Herrick (1899)
"The two known species of Urna are not known to occur in our region, they being, like the last and the following, desert loving animals. Genus. CALLISAURUS. ..."

4. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1899)
"On the genus Callisaurus. Amer. Nat. Vol. XXX. 791. On the Hemipenes of the Sauria. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 792. On Two New Species of Lizards from Southern ..."

5. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1897)
"On the genus Callisaurus. T. c. pp. 1049 & 1050. COUVREUR, E. Sur la respiration pulmonaire et cutanée chez la Grenouille. Ann. Soo. Linn. ..."

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