Colorado Checkered Whiptail vs. Six-lined Racerunner

Their records overlap in southeastern Colorado, the whiptail's native range (checked); in Washington the whiptail is an introduced colony near Moses Lake. A: Six pale stripes; pale spots and bars in the dark fields between them: checkered in the Colorado Checkered Whiptail; six crisp pale stripes; the dark fields between them plain in the Six-lined Racerunner. B: No blue on the throat in the Colorado Checkered Whiptail; males bright blue or turquoise on the throat in the Six-lined Racerunner. The Colorado Checkered Whiptail is larger (to 4 in head and body vs 3.4 in) and all are females.

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