whiptail lizard

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Noun

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whiptail lizard - any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizardswhiptailteiid, teiid lizard - tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tailCnemidophorus, genus Cnemidophorus - whiptailsCnemidophorus sexlineatus, race runner, racerunner, six-lined racerunner - very swift lizard of eastern and central United StatesCnemidophorus velox, plateau striped whiptail - having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western ColoradoChihuahuan spotted whiptail, Cnemidophorus exsanguis - having longitudinal stripes overlaid with light spots; upland lizard of United States southwest and MexicoCnemidophorus tigris, western whiptail - active lizard having a network of dusky dark markings; of semiarid areas from Oregon and Idaho to Baja Californiacheckered whiptail, Cnemidophorus tesselatus - markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail; from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua