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The desert grassland whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis uniparens) is an all-female species of reptiles in North America. It was formerly placed in the genus Cnemidophorus . A common predator of the whiptail lizard is the leopard lizard that preys on A. uniparens by using ambush and stalk hunting tactics.
Aspidoscelis angusticeps (Cope, 1878) – Yucatán whiptail; Aspidoscelis arizonae (Van Denburgh, 1896) – Arizona striped whiptail; Aspidoscelis burti (E.H. Taylor, 1938) – canyon spotted whiptail; Aspidoscelis calidipes (Duellman, 1955) – Tepalcatepec Valley whiptail; Aspidoscelis carmenensis (Maslin & Secoy, 1986) – Carmen Island whiptail
The New Mexico whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicanus) is a female-only species of lizard found in New Mexico and Arizona in the southwestern United States, and in Chihuahua in northern Mexico. It is the official state reptile of New Mexico. [2] It is one of many lizard species known to be parthenogenetic.
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
The western whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris) is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is found throughout most of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Most of its populations appear stable, and it is not listed as endangered in any of the states comprising its range.
Checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselata) Sierra County, New MexicoThe checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselata) is a species of lizard found in the southwestern United States in Colorado, Texas and New Mexico, and in northern Mexico in Chihuahua and Coahuila.
The little striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis inornatus) is a species of lizard found in the southwestern United States (in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas) and in northern Mexico (in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, and Nuevo León).
Like other species of whiptail lizards, the six-lined racerunner is diurnal and insectivorous. A. sexlineata is most active between 9:00 am and 11:30 am on clear days between late spring and early summer when the temperature is closest to 90 °F. [9]