Plateau Whiptail Lizard
Aspidoscelis tigris septentrionalis
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- A. t. septentrionalis – Washington Co, UT – photo by Gary Nafis
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Aspidoscelis t. septentrionalis occurs in northern Arizona, southern and eastern Utah and northwestern New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aspidoscelis tigris septentrionalis (Burger – 1950)
Genus: Aspidoscelis, Greek – aspido = shield + scelis (skelos) = leg – pos. ref. large shield-like scales on legs
Species: tigris, Latin = of a tiger – ref. dorsum pattern
Subspecies: septentrionalis, Latin = northern — ref. geographic distribution
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962