Sauromalus
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”) + ὁμαλός (homalós, “flat”).
Proper noun
editSauromalus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Iguanidae – the chuckwallas of southwestern US and northern Mexico.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Iguania - order; Iguanidae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Sauromalus ater (common chuckwalla) - type species; for other species see Sauromalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
edit- Chuckwalla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sauromalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Sauromalus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons