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Definition of Tree lizard
1. Noun. A climbing lizard of western United States and northern Mexico.
Generic synonyms: Iguanid, Iguanid Lizard
Group relationships: Genus Urosaurus, Urosaurus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tree Lizard
Literary usage of Tree lizard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Experiences in Australia: Being Recollections of a Visit to the by Lady (1860)
"... anniversary—The mirage—Myal tree— Tamworth—The river Namoi—A stock-keeper's
cottage— Bush hospitality—The tree lizard—Unpleasant visitors—The plague of ..."
2. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1894)
"Two interesting species are the green Carolina lizard and the pine-tree lizard
of New York and New Jersey. The former is common to the pine woods of North ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"The most superficial examination of the external ear of the pine-tree lizard will
at once lead one to infer that the animal's hearing is acute; ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"The most superficial examination of the external ear of the pine-tree lizard will
at once lead one to infer that the animal's hearing is acute ; and this is ..."
5. The Karens of the Golden Chersonese by Alexander Ruxton McMahon (1876)
"Once upon a time a woman had a bloodsucker, or tree lizard for a son, ...
She answered, "Grandchild, you are a tree lizard ; do you suppose the king will be ..."
6. The Batrachians and Reptiles of Indiana by Oliver Perry Hay (1892)
"Dr. Abbott (7, 34, 170), thinks that the Blue-tailed Skink has a greater degree
of intelligence than the Pine-tree Lizard, Sceloporus-undulatus. ..."
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