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Northern Whiptails
Aspidoscelis
Aspidoscelis is a genus of whiptail lizards in the family Teiidae.
45 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 45 known species

Western Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis tigris

Common Spotted Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis gularis

Six-lined Racerunner
speciesAspidoscelis sexlineatus

Orange-throated Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis hyperythrus
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis sonorae

Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis exsanguis

Plateau Striped Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis velox

Common Checkered Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis tesselatus

Desert Grassland Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis uniparens

Western Mexico Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis costatus
Blackbelly Racerunner
speciesAspidoscelis deppii

Marbled Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis marmoratus

Arizona Striped Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis arizonae

New Mexico Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis neomexicanus

Mexican Racerunner
speciesAspidoscelis guttatus

Many-lined Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis lineattissimus

Colorado Checkered Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis neotesselatus

Yucatán Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis angusticeps
Rusty-rumped Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis scalaris
Giant Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis motaguae

Giant Spotted Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis stictogrammus

Sack's Giant Whiptail Lizard
speciesAspidoscelis sackii

Cape Region Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis maximus

Colima Giant Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis communis

Laredo Striped Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis laredoensis

Little Striped Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis inornatus

Cozumel Racerunner
speciesAspidoscelis cozumela

Maslin’s Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis maslini

Baja California Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis labialis

Red-backed Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis xanthonotus

Cerralvo Island Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis ceralbensis

Canyon Spotted Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis burti

Mexican Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis mexicanus
Mexican Pigmy Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis parvisocius

Rodeck's Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis rodecki

Espiritu Santo Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis espiritensis

Carmen Island Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis carmenensis

Isla Monserrate Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis pictus

Gray Checkered Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis dixoni

Isla San José Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis danheimae

Isla San Francisco Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis franciscensis

Rio Tepalcatepic Valley Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis calidipes

San Pedro Martir Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis martyris

Opata Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis opatae
Bavispe River Whiptail
speciesAspidoscelis preopatae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67693.