Chihuahuan spotted whiptail

The Chihuahuan spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis)[1] is a species of lizard native to the United States in southern Arizona, southern New Mexico and southwestern Texas, and northern Mexico in northern Chihuahua and northern Sonora.

[2] The species is believed to be the result of extensive hybridization between the little striped whiptail, Aspidoscelis inornatus, the plateau spotted whiptail, Aspidoscelis septemvittatus, and the western Mexico whiptail, Aspidoscelis costatus.

[2] The Chihuahuan spotted whiptail grows from 9.5 to 12 inches in length.

It is slender-bodied with a tail nearly three times its body length.

This species can be found in many kinds of mostly arid habitat, including desert, desert grassland, dry basin forests, and oak, pine, and juniper woodland, where it lives in washes and canyons.

Chihuahuan spotted whiptail ( Aspidoscelis exsanguis ), in situ, Culberson County, Texas (14 May 2018)