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.

Exact synonyms: Western Whiptail
Generic synonyms: Whiptail, Whiptail Lizard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cnemidophorus Tigris

Clyde
Clyde William Tombaugh
Clydesdale
Clydesdale terrier
Clydesdales
Clymene
Clytemnestra
Clytocybe alba
Clœlius
Cmdre
Cnemidophorus
Cnemidophorus exsanguis
Cnemidophorus tesselatus
Cnemidophorus tigris (current term)
Cnemidophorus velox
Cnicus
Cnicus benedictus
Cnidoscolus
Cnidoscolus urens
Cnidospora
Cnidosporidia
Cnossos
Cnossus
Cnut
Cnutian
Co
Co-op
Co-operative Republic of Guyana

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. ..."

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