Colorado Checkered Whiptail vs. Common Side-blotched Lizard
Their records overlap near Moses Lake and Potholes Reservoir, Washington, where the whiptail is an introduced colony. A: No dark blotch in the Colorado Checkered Whiptail; a dark blotch behind the front leg in the Common Side-blotched Lizard. B: Six pale stripes; pale spots and bars in the dark fields between them: checkered in the Colorado Checkered Whiptail; speckled or blotched, no clean stripes in the Common Side-blotched Lizard.
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