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spiny lizard

American

noun

any of numerous iguanid lizards of the genus Sceloporus, common in North and Central America, usually having keeled scales that may end in a sharp point.

Etymology

Origin of spiny lizard

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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Also, a distinct 3-million-year-old lineage of the Yarrow's spiny lizard from the Mule Mountains, near Bisbee, may be completely extinct by 2025, according to Wiens.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

They surveyed populations of the Yarrow's spiny lizard in 18 mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona and analyzed the rate of climate-related extinction over time.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

The Yarrow's spiny lizard native to the southwestern U.S. and western Mexico can be spotted in oak and pine forests in 18 of Arizona's Sky Islands mountain ranges.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

Wiens and his group did initial surveys of the Yarrow's spiny lizard in these mountain ranges in 2014 and 2015.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

I believe it is now thought that the spider of the Scriptures was a kind of spiny lizard called the Gecko.

From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Brightwen, Elizabeth

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