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Yucatán Whiptail

Aspidoscelis angusticeps

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 14, February 15, March 34, April 33, May 46, June 51, July 67, August 26, September 19, October 17, November 15, December 11.
Mexico348
Yucatan252
Quintana Roo72
Campeche23
Chiapas1
Guatemala1
Petén1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Yucatán Whiptail with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.