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Rusty-rumped Whiptail vs. Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail

Two spotted whiptails of the Big Bend canyons. A: Rusty orange, the orange running forward into the pattern in the Rusty-rumped Whiptail; grey-brown body and an olive-grey tail, no orange in the Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail. B: Six or seven sharp pale stripes with pale spots between them in the Rusty-rumped Whiptail; faint, muted stripes with many pale spots on and between them in the Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail.

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Rusty-rumped Whiptail

Aspidoscelis scalaris

Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail

Aspidoscelis exsanguis
Rusty-rumped Whiptail vs. Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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