|
Definition of Cnemidophorus tigris
1. Noun. Active lizard having a network of dusky dark markings; of semiarid areas from Oregon and Idaho to Baja California.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cnemidophorus Tigris
Literary usage of Cnemidophorus tigris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"Cnemidophorus tigris undulatus, STEJNEGER, NA Fauna, No. 7, p. 200. Description.—Whole
animal long and slender. Nostrils opening in large anterior nasal ..."
2. Synopsis of the North American Syrphidae by Samuel Wendell Williston (1886)
"Subspecies TIGRIS Bd. Gird. ; Cnemidophorus tigris IM. Gird., US & Mex.
Bou Surv., Reptiles, p. 10, pl. xxxiii. City of Chihuahua, Wilkinson. ..."
3. Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah by Howard Stansbury, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Charles Frédéric Girard, Samuel Stehman Haldeman, John Torrey, James Hall (1853)
"... and highly developed appearance of salamanders in general, when in the breeding
season. 2. Cnemidophorus tigris, Baird and Girard. PL. II. SPEC. CHAR. ..."