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Plateau Striped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis velox)Species of Least Concern





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


Found in these States: AZ | CO | NM | OR | UT


Diet: Eats insects.


Reproduction: All female; reproduces by parthenogenesis. Lays a clutch of 3 to 5 eggs, from June to 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.


Taxonomy:

»» 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

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