Marbled Whiptail vs. Common Checkered Whiptail

Both are big, netted or checkered whiptails of southern New Mexico and west Texas (records share 28 one-degree squares). A: An irregular black net or marbling on grey or tan in the Marbled Whiptail; pale stripes cut by black bars into neat squares, a checkerboard in the Common Checkered Whiptail. B: Pinkish, spotted with black in the Marbled Whiptail; pale, with few or no spots in the Common Checkered Whiptail. The Common Checkered Whiptail is all female; the Marbled has males and females.

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