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Common Spotted Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Common Spotted Whiptail

Aspidoscelis gularis (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Aspidoscelis gularis, the Texas spotted whiptail, is a diurnal insectivorous liz…

Laredo Striped Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Laredo Striped Whiptail

Aspidoscelis laredoensis (Mckinney, Kay & Anderson, 1973)

The Laredo striped whiptail, Aspidoscelis laredoensis, is a slender long-tailed …

Giant Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Giant Whiptail

Aspidoscelis motaguae (Sackett, 1941)

Giant whiptail (Aspidosperma motaguae) is a teiid lizard native to Central Ameri…

Rusty-rumped Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Rusty-rumped Whiptail

Aspidoscelis scalaris (Cope, 1892)

The rusty-rumped whiptail, Aspidoscelis scalaris, is a teiid lizard found in Mex…

Sonoran Spotted Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Sonoran Spotted Whiptail

Aspidoscelis sonorae (Lowe & Wright, 1964)

The Sonoran spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis sonorae) is a parthenogenic teiid liz…

Desert Grassland Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Desert Grassland Whiptail

Aspidoscelis uniparens (Wright & Lowe, 1965)

Aspidoscelis uniparens, the desert grassland whiptail lizard, is an all-female p…

Plateau Striped Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Plateau Striped Whiptail

Aspidoscelis velox (Springer, 1928)

Aspidoscelis velox, the plateau striped whiptail, is a teiid lizard native to so…

Sack's Giant Whiptail Lizard
Animalia Teiidae

Sack's Giant Whiptail Lizard

Aspidoscelis sackii (Wiegmann, 1834)

Sack's spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis sackii) is an endemic Mexican oviparous li…

Orange-throated Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Orange-throated Whiptail

Aspidoscelis hyperythrus (Cope, 1863)

Aspidoscelis hyperythrus is a striped lizard native to Southern California and n…

Cape Region Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Cape Region Whiptail

Aspidoscelis maximus (Cope, 1863)

The Cape Region whiptail (Aspidoscelis maximus) is a teiid lizard endemic to Mex…

New Mexico Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

New Mexico Whiptail

Aspidoscelis neomexicanus (Lowe & Zweifel, 1952)

Aspidoscelis neomexicanus (New Mexico whiptail) is a slender striped lizard with…

Blackbelly Racerunner
Animalia Teiidae

Blackbelly Racerunner

Aspidoscelis deppii (Wiegmann, 1834)

Aspidoscelis deppii, the blackbelly racerunner, is an oviparous Teiidae lizard n…

Marbled Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Marbled Whiptail

Aspidoscelis marmoratus (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Aspidoscelis marmoratus, the marbled whiptail, is a slender long-tailed lizard w…

Colorado Checkered Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Colorado Checkered Whiptail

Aspidoscelis neotesselatus (Walker, Cordes & Taylor, 1997)

The Colorado checkered whiptail is a teiid lizard species native to Colorado, Un…

Six-lined Racerunner
Animalia Teiidae

Six-lined Racerunner

Aspidoscelis sexlineatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Aspidoscelis sexlineatus, the six-lined racerunner, is a North American lizard w…

Giant Spotted Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Giant Spotted Whiptail

Aspidoscelis stictogrammus (Burger, 1950)

Aspidoscelis stictogrammus, the giant spotted whiptail, is a teiid lizard found …

Common Checkered Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Common Checkered Whiptail

Aspidoscelis tesselatus (Say, 1822)

Aspidoscelis tesselatus, the checkered whiptail, is a slender lizard reaching ~4…

Little Striped Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Little Striped Whiptail

Aspidoscelis inornatus (Baird, 1859)

Aspidoscelis inornatus, the little striped whiptail, is a small slender lizard w…

Middle American Ameiva
Animalia Teiidae

Middle American Ameiva

Holcosus festivus (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856)

Holcosus festivus is a brown lizard with zig-zag back markings, found from south…

Delicate Ameiva
Animalia Teiidae

Delicate Ameiva

Holcosus leptophrys (Cope, 1893)

Holcosus leptophrys is a brown species with side zig-zag lines found in Colombia…

Four-lined Whiptail
Animalia Teiidae

Four-lined Whiptail

Holcosus quadrilineatus (Hallowell, 1861)

Holcosus quadrilineatus is a brown lizard with four light back lines found in Ce…

Seven-lined Ameiva
Animalia Teiidae

Seven-lined Ameiva

Holcosus septemlineatus (Duméril, 1851)

Holcosus septemlineatus, the seven-lined ameiva, is a teiid lizard native to wes…

Rainbow Ameiva
Animalia Teiidae

Rainbow Ameiva

Holcosus undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834)

Holcosus undulatus is a brown lizard with dark zig-zag side bars that lives in l…

Bocourt's Ameiva
Animalia Teiidae

Bocourt's Ameiva

Medopheos edracanthus (Bocourt, 1874)

Bocourt's ameiva (Medopheos edracanthus) is the only species in its genus, an ov…