any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
cedarbird
Noun
widely distributed over temperate North America
caracara
Noun
any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America
carancha
Noun
South American caracara
chickadee
Noun
any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America
chicken hawk
Noun
nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry
chimney swallow
Noun
common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.
chimney swallow
Noun
American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys
cliff swallow
Noun
North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
cascades frog
Noun
mountain frog found near water
cathartid
Noun
large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures
condor
Noun
the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere
crapaud
Noun
large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog
carrion crow
Noun
American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
climbing salamander
Noun
any of several North American salamanders adapted for climbing with well-developed limbs and long somewhat squared-off toes
common newt
Noun
small semiaquatic salamander
congo snake
Noun
aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet
congo eel
Noun
aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet
cooter
Noun
large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico
chelonian reptile
Noun
a reptile of the order Chelonia
canyon treefrog
Noun
a small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water
chameleon tree frog
Noun
a form of tree toad
cricket frog
Noun
either of two frogs with a clicking call
chorus frog
Noun
any of several small North American frogs having a loud call
common snapping turtle
Noun
large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water
crocodilian reptile
Noun
extant archosaurian reptile
crocodilian
Noun
extant archosaurian reptile
crocodile
Noun
large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates
common iguana
Noun
large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back
caiman
Noun
a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly
cayman
Noun
a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly
chuckwalla
Noun
a herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico
chameleon
Noun
lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
chameleon
Noun
a changeable or inconstant person
chamaeleon
Noun
lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
collared lizard
Noun
any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands
checkered whiptail
Noun
markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail
caiman lizard
Noun
crocodile-like lizard of South America having powerful jaws for crushing snails and mussels
ceratopsian
Noun
any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls
carnosaur
Noun
large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws
coachwhip
Noun
a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico
coachwhip
Noun
desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
coachwhip snake
Noun
a whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico
compsognathus
Noun
very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria
corn snake
Noun
large harmless snake of southeastern United States
chicken snake
Noun
large North American snake
corythosaur
Noun
duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet
corythosaurus
Noun
duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet
colubrid snake
Noun
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes