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Marbled Whiptail

Aspidoscelis marmoratus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 121, February 116, March 132, April 250, May 153, June 74, July 67, August 69, September 82, October 87, November 114, December 110.
United States2,372
Texas1,375
New Mexico995
Mexico129
Chihuahua48
Durango37
Coahuila de Zaragoza35
Nuevo Leon6
Zacatecas3
Utah2

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Classification

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

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