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Definition of Leopard lizard
1. Noun. Any of several large lizards with many dark spots; of western United States and northern Mexico.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leopard Lizard
Literary usage of Leopard lizard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"The leopard lizard is chiefly a vegetarian, feeding on the blossoms and leaves of
... SHORT-NOSED leopard lizard. Crotaphytus silus, STEJN., NA Fauna, No. ..."
2. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"The leopard lizard is chiefly a vegetarian, feeding on the blossoms and leaves
of plants; but is also carnivorous, devouring the smaller lizards, ..."
3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1914)
"The leopard lizard is represented in our Cerros collection by two specimens (Nos.
8843 and 8844) taken by Mr. Slevin, July 18, 1905, in a dry wash in the ..."
4. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (southern California) Its Rivers and Its by George Wharton James (1906)
"The most beautiful lizard I have ever seen I caught on the Colorado Desert in.
It is the leopard lizard (Crotaphytus ..."
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