Common Checkered Whiptail vs. Desert Grassland Whiptail

Both are all-female whiptails of the grassland and desert of southern New Mexico and western Texas (records share 9 one-degree squares). A: Pale stripes cut and joined by black bars and squares: a checkerboard in the Common Checkered Whiptail; six clean cream stripes, NO spots or bars in the Desert Grassland Whiptail. B: Brownish in the Common Checkered Whiptail; muted olive or blue-grey in the Desert Grassland Whiptail. The Desert Grassland Whiptail is much smaller (to 3 in head and body).

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