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New Mexico Whiptail

Aspidoscelis neomexicanus

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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 115, February 110, March 125, April 237, May 145, June 71, July 63, August 65, September 78, October 83, November 108, December 105.
United States4,260
Texas1,305
New Mexico758
Utah55
Arizona45
Oklahoma1
Mexico1
Chihuahua1

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyWhiptails and Tegus · Teiidae
GenusNorthern Whiptails · Aspidoscelis

Sources

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