Little striped whiptail

Little striped whiptail
A. inornatus heptagrammus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Aspidoscelis
Species:
A. inornatus
Binomial name
Aspidoscelis inornatus
Baird, 1859
Synonyms
  • Cnemidophorus perplexus Van Denburgh, 1922
  • Cnemidophorus gularis velox Springer, 1928
  • Cnemidophorus inornatus Baird, 1859

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). A significant amount of research was done on the species during the mid-1990s, with several new subspecies being added, many of which some sources consider to be distinct enough to warrant full species status, and the research is ongoing. It is called little to distinguish it from many other species known as striped whiptails and to indicate that it is the smallest of those species.

  1. ^ Hammerson, G.A.; Gadsden, H.; Lavin, P. (2019). "Aspidoscelis inornata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T89931365A89931433. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T89931365A89931433.en. Retrieved 17 May 2023.