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Definition of Genus Callisaurus
1. Noun. Zebra-tailed lizard.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Iguania, Family Iguanidae, Iguania, Iguanidae
Member holonyms: Callisaurus Draconoides, Gridiron-tailed Lizard, Zebra-tailed Lizard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Callisaurus
Literary usage of Genus Callisaurus
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)
"genus Callisaurus. Distribution.—Deserts of the Southwest. Toes long, with spiny
fringes. ... The genus Callisaurus: A single species is recognised. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"On the genus Callisaurus.—Two new species of this genus present lateral fringes
of the toes. These are not so well developed as in the species referred to ..."
3. The Geology of the Environs of Albuquerque, New Mexico by Clarence Luther Herrick (1899)
"The two known species of Urna are not known to occur in our region, they being,
like the last and the following, desert loving animals. Genus. CALLISAURUS. ..."
4. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1899)
"On the genus Callisaurus. Amer. Nat. Vol. XXX. 791. On the Hemipenes of the Sauria.
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 792. On Two New Species of Lizards from Southern ..."
5. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1897)
"On the genus Callisaurus. T. c. pp. 1049 & 1050. COUVREUR, E. Sur la respiration
pulmonaire et cutanée chez la Grenouille. Ann. Soo. Linn. ..."
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