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Aspidoscelis tesselata
Common Checkered Whiptail
Authorship: (Baird)
Description & Notes
it is a unisexual parthenogenetic species (2n).
Collection Information
Field Number
[Carranza, 1997, Couvillon, 2011a, b, Hotchkin and Riveroll, 2005, Lukefahr, 2013, Mata-Silva, 2005, Mata-Silva et al., 2008, 2010, 2013]
Records
it is known from numerous records from throughout IMRS by UTEP personnel.
Recent Observations
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IMRS Observation
jadewnels
May 4, 2026
Fort Hancock, TX, US
IMRS Observation
timavid
Mar 17, 2026
Van Horn, TX 79855, USA
IMRS Observation
braulio32
Jun 8, 2024
Hudspeth County, TX, USA
IMRS Observation
taniquejones
Oct 15, 2023
Hudspeth County, TX, USA