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Definition of Gridiron-tailed lizard
1. Noun. Swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico.
Generic synonyms: Iguanid, Iguanid Lizard
Group relationships: Callisaurus, Genus Callisaurus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gridiron-tailed Lizard
Literary usage of Gridiron-tailed lizard
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)
"The range of the gridiron-tailed lizard in California is, in general, ...
The gridiron-tailed lizard " inhabits the open deserts and runs with great ..."
2. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"There are two or more transverse gular folds. Males have enlarged post- anal plates.
8.—Callisaurus ventralis (Hallowell). gridiron-tailed lizard. ..."
3. Denizens of the Desert: A Book of Southwestern Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles by Edmund Carroll Jaeger (1922)
"CALLISAURUS, THE gridiron-tailed lizard (Callisaurus ventralis) "SPEEDING like
greased lightning" is hardly a figurative expression when applied to that ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1898)
"A gridiron-tailed lizard (CAS,No. 3390) taken at Mazatlan, Sinaloa, in October,
appears to be identical with Californian and Arizonan examples of this ..."
5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"It resembles the gridiron-tailed lizard so closely in appearance and habits that
it is often difficult to distinguish between these species in the field, ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Oí the reptiles the leopard lizard and gridiron-tailed lizard, the "chuck-walla" (Sauromalus
atcr), the rattle-snake, and the horned toad are the most ..."
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