Rusty-rumped Whiptail vs. Common Checkered Whiptail

They meet in the Big Bend; the Rusty-rumped Whiptail is a parent of the Common Checkered Whiptail, which can also have a rusty rump. A: Clean pale stripes with pale spots in the dark fields in the Rusty-rumped Whiptail; pale stripes cut and joined by black bars and spots into a checkerboard in the Common Checkered Whiptail. On a rusty-rumped Checkered Whiptail the rust colours only the pale areas, and the black bars stay.

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