| checkered whiptail | (n) markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail; from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua, Syn. Cnemidophorus tesselatus |
| fritillary | (n) any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers, Syn. checkered lily |
| milk snake | (n) nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes, Syn. Lampropeltis triangulum, checkered adder, house snake, milk adder |
| snake's head fritillary | (n) Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental, Syn. leper lily, checkered daffodil, Fritillaria meleagris, guinea-hen flower |