Noun: alligator lizard
- Slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America
"The alligator lizard's long body writhed as it moved through the underbrush"
Derived forms: alligator lizards
Type of: anguid lizard
Part of: genus Gerrhonotus, Gerrhonotus
Encyclopedia: Alligator lizard