checkered whiptail

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   markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail; from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua

   SynonymsCnemidophorus tesselatus

   Broaderwhiptail

Questions about checkered whiptail

What does checkered whiptail mean?

checkered whiptail means "markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail; from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua".

What is another word for checkered whiptail?

Close synonyms include Cnemidophorus tesselatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is checkered whiptail a common word?

checkered whiptail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.