What is "gridiron-tailed lizard"

gridiron-tailed lizard \gridiron-tailed lizard\ n. a lizard having a long tail with black bands ( Callisaurus draconoides), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern U. S. and Mexico; called also zebra-tailed lizard.
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n. swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico [syn: zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides]