sceloporus occidentalis

1. 1.

   common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks

   Synonymswestern fence lizardswiftblue-belly

   Broaderfence lizard

Questions about sceloporus occidentalis

What does sceloporus occidentalis mean?

sceloporus occidentalis means "common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks".

What is another word for sceloporus occidentalis?

Close synonyms include western fence lizard, swift, blue-belly. 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 sceloporus occidentalis a common word?

sceloporus occidentalis 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.