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Definition of Collared lizard
1. Noun. Any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collared Lizard
Literary usage of Collared lizard
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)
"As a captive, the collared lizard is bright and hardy. ... Aside from the
cannibalistic habits, the collared lizard is fond of small flowers. ..."
2. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"... yellow mud turtle western box turtle greater earless lizard collared lizard
leopard lizard lesser earless lizard Texas horned lizard round-tailed horned ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... brown iguanid lizards, such as Uta, Holbrookia (qq.v. ), Ctenosaura, and
Crotaphytus. (See collared lizard.) The large genus Sceloporus (see ALLIGATOR ..."
4. Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians by Junius Henderson, John Peabody Harrington (1914)
"Bailey's collared lizard. This fine lizard probably occurs throughout the region,
though we saw none. O. collaris was reported at Santa Fe and San Ildefonso ..."
5. Guide to the Systematic Use of the North American Bird and Nature Study: A by Harold Brough Shinn, Gerard Alan Abbott (1912)
"collared lizard. The collared, or kangaroo, lizard inhabits the same district as
the horned "toad" and lives in much the same manner. ..."
6. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"... Inhabitants of sandy soils and water Woodhouse's toad Bufo woodhousei Inhabitants
of trees or rocks Eastern collared lizard Crotaphytus collaris Prairie ..."
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