Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Reptilia
      Order: Squamata
        Family: Teiidae
          Genus: Aspidoscelis
            Species: tesselatus

Gray-checkered Whiptail - Aspidoscelis tesselatus

Gray-checkered Whiptail

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Gray-checkered Whiptail (Aspidoscelis dixoni) is a relatively large (up to 36.5 cm total length) all-female species of lizard found in patches across Colorado, Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Chihuahua. They inhabit rocky, semi-arid areas with sparse vegetation where they hunt for insects during the day.

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S1

State Status: E

Federal Status:

USFS Status:

BLM Status: BLM SENSITIVE

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 12

Number of Mapped Locations: 33

Number of Observations: 36

Observation date range: 07-19-1960 to 08-27-2020

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