Desert Grassland Whiptail vs. Western Whiptail

Both live on open flats and washes across southern and central Arizona; young Western Whiptails are striped and can be mistaken for striped species. A: Six clean cream stripes on dark brown in the Desert Grassland Whiptail; adults: a dark net or marbling over faint stripes in the Western Whiptail. B: No spots, at any age in the Desert Grassland Whiptail; young: stripes AND pale spots on the body and limbs in the Western Whiptail. Western Whiptail males have dark grey or black on the chest and throat; the Desert Grassland Whiptail's underside is plain and pale.

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