Common checkered whiptail

Common checkered whiptail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Aspidoscelis
Species:
A. tesselata
Binomial name
Aspidoscelis tesselata
(Say, 1823)
Synonyms
  • Ameiva tesselata
    Say, 1823
  • Cnemidophorus grahamii
    Baird & Girard, 1852
  • Aspidoscelis tesselata
    Reeder, 2002
  • Cnemidophorus tesselatus
    SMitH & BUrGer 1949
Checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselata) Sierra County, New Mexico

The 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. Many sources believe that the species originated from the hybridization of the marbled whiptail, Aspidoscelis marmorata, the plateau spotted whiptail, Aspidoscelis septemvittata, and possibly the six-lined racerunner, Aspidoscelis sexlineata. It is one of many lizard species known to be parthenogenic. It is sometimes referred to as the common checkered whiptail to differentiate it from several other species known as checkered whiptails.[1]

  1. ^ Colorado Parks and Wildlife. "Common Checkered Whiptail". Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 2024-10-06.