Central American whiptail
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Noun
[edit]Central American whiptail (plural Central American whiptails)
- A brown-colored lizard, Holcosus festivus, native to Central America and northern South America.
- Synonyms: Middle American ameiva, tiger ameiva
- 2022 October 24, Hannah Thomasy, “They May Have Love on Their Lizard Brains”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Actually, this last behavior is a good move for males of a number of species. Another lizard species, the Central American whiptail, has been observed offering a potential partner a lovely dead frog to eat before mating.