Definition of Dipsosaurus dorsalis

1. Noun. Small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Exact synonyms: Desert Iguana
Generic synonyms: Iguanid, Iguanid Lizard
Group relationships: Dipsosaurus, Genus Dipsosaurus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipsosaurus Dorsalis

Diplotaxis muralis
Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Dipodidae
Dipodomys ordi
Dipodomys phillipsii
Dipogon
Dipogon lignosus
Dipper
Dippers
Dipsacaceae
Dipsacus
Dipsacus fullonum
Dipsacus sativus
Dipsacus sylvestris
Dipsosaurus
Dipsosaurus dorsalis (current term)
Diptera
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipteronia
Dipteryx
Dipteryx odorata
Dipu
Dipus
Dipus sagitta
Dipylidium caninum
Dipylon
Dipylon gate
Dirac
Dirac constant
Dirac delta function

Literary usage of Dipsosaurus dorsalis

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

1. A New Genus and Species of Grasshopper from California by Morgan Hebard (1920)
"Since the species was originally described from a specimen from the Colorado Desert, California, that form may be known as Dipsosaurus dorsalis dorsalis, ..."

2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"Since the species was originally described from a specimen from the Colorado Desert, California, that form may be known as Dipsosaurus dorsalis dorsalis, ..."

3. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Ds= Standarized niche breadths, Sp.= SPECIES : Ds= Dipsosaurus dorsalis, Cd= Callisaurus ... For example, Dipsosaurus dorsalis and Callisaurus ..."

4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1906)
"The specimens are in the collection of the Academy. 1. Dipsosaurus dorsalis Baird & Girard. Dipsosaurus dorsalis VAN DENBURGH, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. ..."

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