callisaurus draconoides

3 definitions found

callisaurus draconoides - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  gridiron-tailed lizard \gridiron-tailed lizard\ n.
     a lizard having a long tail with black bands (Callisaurus draconoides
     ), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern
     U. S. and Mexico; called also zebra-tailed lizard. --RHUD
     [PJC]

  zebra-tailed lizard \ze"bra-tailed liz`ard\ n.
     A lizard having a long tail with black bands (Callisaurus draconoides
     ), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern
     U. S. and Mexico; called also gridiron-tailed lizard.
     --RHUD
     [PJC]

callisaurus draconoides - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Callisaurus draconoides
      n 1: swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of
           deserts of United States and Mexico [syn: zebra-tailed lizard
           , gridiron-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides
           ]