Gray Checkered Whiptail Lizard
Aspidoscelis dixoni
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- A. dixoni – Hidalgo Co, NM – photo by Brian Blais
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- A. dixoni – Hidalgo Co, NM – photo by Brian Blais
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- A. dixoni – Hidalgo Co, NM – Wolfgang Wuster
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Aspidoscelis dixonii occurs in two isolated populations in our region – one in Peloncillo Mountains of southwestern Hidalgo County, NM, and the other in Presidio County, TX.
LEGAL STATUS: Aspidoscelis dixonii is protected in New Mexico.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aspidoscelis dixonii (Scudday – 1973)
Genus: Aspidoscelis, Greek – aspido = shield + scelis (skelos) = leg – pos. ref. large shield-like scales on legs
Species: dixonii, honors James R. Dixon
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962