A heavily built slow-moving lizard native to North America and Mexico.
鳄蜥，侧褶蜥
Genus Gerrhonotus, family Anguidae: several species
Example sentencesExamples
In Paradise Valley we found such a place where we could exchange the unctuous reptiles of Hollywood for far less pretentious alligator lizards and gopher snakes.
I caught an alligator lizard in a Target store because the employees were afraid of it.
Miguel has wrangled the foot-long, thrashing alligator lizard, his hand protected by a wadded T-shirt.
Definition of alligator lizard in US English:
alligator lizard
noun
A short-limbed, long-tailed, slim lizard native to the North American west coast.
Genus Gerrhonotus, family Anguidae: several species, including the northern alligator lizard (G. coerulus) and the panamint alligator lizard (G. panamintinus)
Example sentencesExamples
In Paradise Valley we found such a place where we could exchange the unctuous reptiles of Hollywood for far less pretentious alligator lizards and gopher snakes.
I caught an alligator lizard in a Target store because the employees were afraid of it.
Miguel has wrangled the foot-long, thrashing alligator lizard, his hand protected by a wadded T-shirt.