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Western Mexico Whiptail

Aspidoscelis costatus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 18, February 16, March 30, April 78, May 81, June 97, July 114, August 61, September 27, October 47, November 24, December 14.
Mexico607
Sinaloa283
Nayarit100
Jalisco88
Tlaxcala36
Sonora33
Puebla22
Morelos12
Oaxaca6
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave6

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

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