Common Spotted Whiptail vs. Six-lined Racerunner

Both are striped whiptails of the southern plains and Texas (records share 45 one-degree squares). A: Rows of pale spots in the Common Spotted Whiptail; plain dark, with no spots in the Six-lined Racerunner. B: Pink to orange throat; the chest blue-black (males) in the Common Spotted Whiptail; a green or blue-green wash on the head and forebody in the Six-lined Racerunner.

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