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Definition of Sand lizard

1. Noun. A common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia.

2. Noun. One of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Lizard

sand down sand dropseed sand dune sand dunes sand eel sand flea sand fleas sand fly sand grouse sand hog

sand hopper sand iron sand lance sand launce sand leek sand lizard (current term) sand martin sand martins sand mole sand myrtle

sand olive sand painting sand phlox sand rat sand reed sand sage sand sedge sand sedges

Literary usage of Sand 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)
"PLAIN sand lizard. Uma inornata COPE, Am. Nat. 1895, p. 939 (type locality Colorado Desert, San Diego Co., Cai.). Description. ..."

2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1889)
"But it is not possible, under any conditions, that the blind - worm and the sand-lizard should ever do, or have done, the terrible deeds ascribe l to them. ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1901)
"The characters which distinguish the Sand-Lizard from L. ... The Sand-Lizard has usually a single postnasal and two superposed anterior ..."

4. Illustrated Natural History for Young People by John George Wood (1882)
"sand lizard.— Lacerta The common lizard is only six inches in length. It is more active than the sand lizard, disappearing like magic on being alarmed. ..."

5. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"PLAIN sand lizard. Uma inornata COPE, Am. Nat. 1895, p. 939 (type locality Colorado Desert, San Diego Co., Cai.). Description. ..."

6. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1889)
"But it is not possible, under any conditions, that the blind - worm and the sand-lizard should ever do, or have done, the terrible deeds ascribe l to them. ..."

7. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1901)
"The characters which distinguish the Sand-Lizard from L. ... The Sand-Lizard has usually a single postnasal and two superposed anterior ..."

8. Illustrated Natural History for Young People by John George Wood (1882)
"sand lizard.— Lacerta The common lizard is only six inches in length. It is more active than the sand lizard, disappearing like magic on being alarmed. ..."

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