Plateau Striped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis velox)
Description: Plateau striped whiptails are slender lizards about 2-5 inches in length with dark bodies and yellow dorsal stripes. As juveniles they often have blue colored tails that fade over time.
Habitat: Habitats include pinyon-juniper woodland, mountain shrubland, open chaparral, oak woodland, lower elevations of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir forests, and lowland riparian woodlands
Range: The range is restricted to the Colorado Plateau and vicinity in southern Utah, western Colorado, northern Arizona, and northern New Mexico, at elevations of about 3,940-8,000 feet; introduced and established at Cove Palisades State Park, Jefferson County, Oregon
Reproduction: All female; reproduces by parthenogenesis. Lays a clutch of 3-5 eggs, from June-July. Oviparous. Triploid parthenogenetic species.
Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
»» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
»» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
»» Class: Reptilia - Reptiles
»» Order: Squamata - Lizards
»» Family: Teiidae - Whiptails & Racerunner Lizards
»» Genus: Aspidoscelis
»» Species: Aspidoscelis velox - Plateau Striped Whiptail
»» Subspecies: None
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