Marbled Whiptail vs. New Mexico Whiptail
Both live along the Rio Grande valley of southern New Mexico (records share 7 one-degree squares). A: A black net or marbling; no clean stripes in the Marbled Whiptail; seven pale stripes, the middle one WAVY, with light spots between in the New Mexico Whiptail. B: Big: to 4.5 in head and body in the Marbled Whiptail; smaller and slimmer: to about 3 in in the New Mexico Whiptail. The New Mexico Whiptail is all female.
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