Noun: sand lizard
- A common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
"Sand lizards can often be spotted basking in sunny patches of their sandy habitat";
- Lacerta agilis
- One of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
"sand lizards display different throat colours to signal their mating strategy";
- side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana
Derived forms: sand lizards
Type of: iguanid, iguanid lizard, lacertid, lacertid lizard
Part of: genus Lacerta, genus Uta, Lacerta, Uta
Encyclopedia: Sand lizard