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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. [2] [3] [4] These reptiles reproduce by ...
Several species of whiptail lizards are entirely female and no males are known. [3] These all-female species reproduce by obligate parthenogenesis (obligate, because the lizards do not involve males and cannot reproduce sexually). Like all squamate obligate parthenogenetic lineages, parthenogenetic teiids are hybrids.
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 ]
Cnemidophorus splendidus Markezich, Cole & Dessauer, 1997 – blue rainbow lizard; Cnemidophorus vanzoi (Baskin & E. Williams, 1966) – Saint Lucia whiptail, Vanzo's whiptail; Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cnemidophorus.
Aspidoscelis costatus (Cope, 1878) – western Mexico whiptail lizard; Aspidoscelis cozumela (Gadow, 1906) – Cozumel racerunner; Aspidoscelis danheimae (Burt, 1929) – Isla San José whiptail; Aspidoscelis deppii (Wiegmann, 1834) – blackbelly racerunner; Aspidoscelis dixoni (Scudday, 1973) – gray checkered whiptail
The western whiptail's chromosomes show that it is polyploid. It is also a bisexual species, containing both males and females, unlike other species of Aspidoscelis which are all-female. Usually in the northern end of its range, mating occurs in the first half of June, and females begin to lay eggs in late June.
Cnemidophorus arubensis, commonly known as the Aruba whiptail or cododo, is a species of whiptail lizard in the genus Cnemidophorus. The female and young lizards are known as Lagadishi (English: Lizard), while the mature males are called Blòblò (English: Blue-blue). [ 1 ]
Aspidoscelis rodecki, also known commonly as Rodeck's whiptail, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. ... A. rodecki is an all-female species.