Common Spotted Whiptail vs. Common Checkered Whiptail

Both are whiptails of the Pecos valley and west Texas (records share 21 one-degree squares). A: Clean pale stripes, pale spots between them in the Common Spotted Whiptail; pale stripes cut by black bars into a checkerboard in the Common Checkered Whiptail.

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