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Definition of Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
1. Noun. Very swift lizard of eastern and central United States.
Generic synonyms: Whiptail, Whiptail Lizard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cnemidophorus Sexlineatus
Literary usage of Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"cnemidophorus sexlineatus YARROW, Wheeler's Surv. West of 100th Merid., V,
1875,-558.— COPE, Bull. US Nat. Museum, I, 1875, 45. (Part. ..."
2. The Primary Factors of Organic Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1904)
"Some of the species, eg, cnemidophorus sexlineatus, never abandon the coloration
of the young of other species and subspecies. ..."
3. Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians by Junius Henderson, John Peabody Harrington (1914)
"cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Linn.). Six-lined Lizard. Recorded at Santa Fe, Plaza
del Alcalde, and Abiquiu to Jeme/, by Yarrow and Cope.7 This record ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"... undulatus (the Fence Lizard) and cnemidophorus sexlineatus (the Sand Lizard
locally known as Sand Trotter, Sand Skeeter and Sand Sister), ..."
5. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1901)
"One of the most elusive of these creatures was the Six- lined Lizard (Cnemidophorus
sexlineatus). These wonderfully active creatures skimmed over the sandy ..."