spiny lizard


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Noun1.spiny lizard - desert lizard that feeds on antsspiny lizard - desert lizard that feeds on ants  
Moloch horridus, mountain devil
genus Moloch - genus of Australian desert lizard
moloch - any lizard of the genus Moloch
2.spiny lizard - any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America
iguanid, iguanid lizard - lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males
genus Sceloporus, Sceloporus - spiny lizards
fence lizard - spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico
sagebrush lizard, Sceloporus graciosus - a ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes; of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains
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The yellow-backed spiny lizard, Sceloporus uniformis Phelan and Brattstrom, 1955, occurs primarily in the Mojave and Great Basin Deserts of California, Nevada, Utah, and northwestern Arizona, as well as the Central Valley of California from near sea level to around 1,520 m (Conrad 2009).
Reproduction of the yellow-backed Spiny Lizard, Sceloporus uniformis (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from California
Steroid correlates of multiple color traits in the spiny lizard, Sceloporus pyrocephalus.
Cambio estacional en la coloracion dorsal de la lagartija Aspidoscelis costata costata (Squamata: Teiidae)
Gadsden H, Estrada-Rodriguez JL (2007) Ecology of the spiny lizard Sceloporus jarrovii from the central Chihuahuan desert.
Ectoparasitic load in the yarrow spiny lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii) in the Canon de las Piedras Encimadas, Durango, Mexico/Carga ectoparasitaria en la lagartija espinosa de yarrow (Sceloporus jarrovii) en el Canon de las Piedras Encimadas, Durango, Mexico/carga de ectoparasitos em el lagarto espinhoso de yarrow (Sceloporus jarrovii) em el Canon de las Piedras Encimadas, Durango, Mexico
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Monthly prevalences of Spauligodon giganticus (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae) in naturally infected Yarrow's spiny lizard Sceloporus jarrovii jarrovii (Iguanidae).
Composition of the helminth community of a montane population of the side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana (Phrynosomatidae) from Los Angeles County, California
(Unlike most lizards, Yarrow's spiny lizard bears live young.) Vleck says, ".
Canteen for a young lizard
Reproductive cycle of the spiny lizard Sceloporus jarrovii (Sauria: Phrynosomatidae) from north-central Mexico.
Frecuencia de perdida de la cola en un ensamble de lagartijas de Oaxaca, Mexico
Sexual dimorphism and reproductive cycle in the arboreal spiny lizard Sceloporus formosus Wiegmann (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from central Oaxaca, Mexico.
No sexual size-dimorphism in the eastern spiny lizard, Sceloporus spinosus, from Guadalcazar, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Desert spiny lizard Sceloporus tnagister Hallowell, 1854.
Reproduction of the Elegant earless lizard, Holbrookia elegans (Squamata: phrynosomatidae) from Arizona, New Mexico, Sinaloa and Sonora
Thubunaea iguanae was previously found in the Isla Cerralvo spiny lizard, Sceloporus grandaevus, from Cerralvo Island, Baja California Sur (Goldberg et al.
Gastrointestinal helminths of the black-tailed brush lizard, Urosaurus nigricaudus (phrynosomatidae), from Baja California Sur, Mexico
Persistence of the component parasite community of Yarrow's spiny lizard, Sceloporus jarrovii, 1967-1991.
Persistence and stability of the component helminth community of the Sagebrush lizard, Sceloporus graciosus (Phrynosomatidae) from Los Angeles County California, 1972-1973, 1986-1996
Twenty prey items were found: 16 Spiny Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus spinatus), two Cape Spiny-Tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura hemilopha) one Hunsaker's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus hunsakerii), and one Orange- Throated Whiptail (Aspidocelis hyperythra).
Dieta de Crotalus enyo (Serpentes: Viperidae), en la region del cabo, Baja California, Mexico

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