Description: The New Mexico whiptail grows from 6.5 to 9.1 inches in length, and is typically overall brown or black in color with seven pale yellow stripes from head to tail. Light colored spots often occur between the stripes. They have a white or pale blue underside, with a blue or blue-green colored throat. They are slender bodied, with a long tail that is more commonly blue-green in their infant stage, melding into the same spotted brown and yellow color as they age.

Habitat: They are found in a wide variety of semi-arid habitats, including grassland, rocky areas, shrubland, or mountainside woodlands.

Range: Found in the southwestern United States in New Mexico and Arizona, and in northern Mexico in Chihuahua.

Found in these States: AZ | NM | TX | UT

Diet: Eats insects and spiders.

Reproduction: Reproduction occurs through parthenogenesis, with up to four unfertilized eggs being laid in mid summer, and hatching approximately eight weeks later.

Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of the probably stable extent of occurrence, area of occupancy, number of subpopulations, and population size. No major threats have been identified.

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