Arizona Striped Whiptail vs. Desert Grassland Whiptail

Both are striped, spotless whiptails of the grassland valleys of southeastern Arizona. A: Tinted blue (the feet and belly too) in the Arizona Striped Whiptail; no blue on the face in the Desert Grassland Whiptail. B: Bright blue in the Arizona Striped Whiptail; olive to blue-green in the Desert Grassland Whiptail. C: Seven pale yellow stripes, the middle one often narrow or broken in the Arizona Striped Whiptail; six or seven pale stripes in the Desert Grassland Whiptail. The Arizona Striped has males and females; the Desert Grassland is all females.

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