Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail Lizard
Aspidoscelis exsanguis
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- A. exsanguis – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Gary Nafis
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Aspidoscelis exsanguis occurs in southeastern Arizona, central and southern New Mexico and west Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aspidoscelis exsanguis (Lowe – 1956)
Genus: Aspidoscelis, Greek – aspido = shield + scelis (skelos) = leg – pos. ref. large shield-like scales on legs
Species: exsanguis, Latin – ex = comparable to + sanguis = (its) family — ref. distinctive difference from other whiptails with which it was formerly included
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962