Colorado Checkered Whiptail vs. Prairie Lizard
Their records overlap in southeastern Colorado, the whiptail's native range (checked); in Washington the whiptail is an introduced colony near Moses Lake. A: Tiny grain-like scales in the Colorado Checkered Whiptail; large, keeled, spiny scales in the Prairie Lizard. B: A whip-like tail, about twice the body in the Colorado Checkered Whiptail; a shorter tail in the Prairie Lizard.
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