Definition of Sceloporus occidentalis

1. Noun. Common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks.

Exact synonyms: Blue-belly, Swift, Western Fence Lizard
Generic synonyms: Fence Lizard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sceloporus Occidentalis

Scarpa's liquor
Scarpa's membrane
Scarpa's method
Scarpa's staphyloma
Scarpa's triangle
Scartella
Scartella cristata
Scatchard plot
Sceliphron
Sceloglaux
Sceloglaux albifacies
Sceloporus
Sceloporus graciosus
Sceloporus occidentalis
Sceloporus undulatus
Schacher
Schacher's ganglion
Schadenfreude
Schaeffer-Fulton stain
Schaer's reagent
Schafer
Schafer's method
Schaffer
Schaffer's reflex
Schaffer's test
Schaffhausen
Schaffneria
Schaffneria nigripes

Literary usage of Sceloporus occidentalis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis CAMP Univ. California Publ. Zool., Vol. ... sceloporus occidentalis becki GRINNELL and CAMP Univ. of Calif. Publ. ..."

2. The Geology of the Environs of Albuquerque, New Mexico by Clarence Luther Herrick (1899)
"I. Sceloporus magister, ear armature. Fig. 12. sceloporus occidentalis. Fig. fj. sceloporus occidentalis, top of head. Fig. 14. sceloporus occidentalis ..."

3. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark: 194 Essays from the Pages of by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"sceloporus occidentalis, Western fence lizard. ... The general body description, shape and the habits of the lizard correspond to sceloporus occidentalis, ..."

4. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark V-2 of 3 by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"sceloporus occidentalis, Western fence lizard. ... The general body description, shape and the habits of the lizard correspond to sceloporus occidentalis, ..."

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