Colorado Checkered Whiptail Lizard
Aspidoscelis neotesselata
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- A. neotesselata – Pueblo Co, CO – photo from iNaturalist, Jeffrey Heizer
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Aspidoscelis neotesselata occurs in northern New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aspidoscelis neotesselata (Walker, Cordes & Taylor – 1997)
Genus: Aspidoscelis, Greek – aspido = shield + scelis (skelos) = leg – pos. ref. large shield-like scales on legs
Species: neotesselata, Latin – neo = new + tesselatus = tiled or checkered — prob. ref. Aspidoscelis tesselatus
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962