Description: The marbled whiptail grows from 8 to 12 inches in length. It is grey or black overall in color with 4 to 8 yellow or white stripes, often with dark mottling, giving it a marbled appearance. Their underside is white or pale yellow, with a peach coloration on the throat. They are slender bodied, with long tails.

Habitat: Prefers sandy areas with sparse vegetation; arid and semiarid locations and open wooded areas; when inactive, occupies burrows.

Range: Southern New Mexico and western Texas (Trans-Pecos area, including Big Bend region, with isolated populations in south Texas around Laredo and in sandy region at base of panhandle east of Lubbock; south through e. Chihuahua and southern Coahuila.

Found in these States: NM | TX

Diet: Eats insects, spiders, scorpions; active forager, may dig for prey.

Reproduction: Breeding takes place in the spring, with up to four eggs laid sometime in the month of May. The eggs hatch in six to eight weeks. A second clutch of eggs is occasionally laid in mid summer. Hatchlings look much like the adults, except they have bright blue colored tails.

Status: Status Last Reviewed: 1/9/1997 Global status needs review.

Subspecies: Two, with just one found in the United States:
   Western Marbled Whiptail - (Aspidoscelis marmoratus marmoratus)
   Eastern Marbled Whiptail - (Aspidoscelis marmoratus reticuloriens)

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