Plateau Striped Whiptail Lizard
Aspidoscelis velox
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- A. velox – Coconino Co, AZ – photo by Gary Nafis
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Aspidoscelis velox occurs throughout northern Arizona and New Mexico, and in southeastern Utah.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aspidoscelis velox (Springer – 1928)
Genus: Aspidoscelis, Greek – aspido = shield + scelis (skelos) = leg – pos. ref. large shield-like scales on legs
Species: velox, Latin = speedy, or swift
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962