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Reptiles
Marbled Whiptail
Aspidoscelis marmorata
Authorship: Baird and Girard
Notes
It is a bisexual species. It is also ecognized as A. tigris marmorata by some authors. It is the most abundant whiptail on IMRS in most areas where it occurs.
Records
It is known from throughout IMRS by UTEP personnel.
Sources
[Couvillon, 2011a, b, Hotchkin and Riveroll, 2005, Lukefahr, 2013, Mata-Silva, 2005, Mata-Silva et al., 2008, 2010, 2013, Benson-Pedraza, 2022]
Taxonomic Classification
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (Vertebrates)
ClassReptilia (Reptiles)
OrderSquamata (Lizards and Snakes)
SuborderLacertilia (Lizards)
FamilyTEIIDAE (Ameivas, Racerunners, and Whiptails Family)
GenusAspidoscelis
Speciesmarmorata
Theses, papers, and notes featuring this species.
- First record of scoliosis in the Western Marbled Whiptail, Aspidoscelis marmoratus (Baird & Girard, 1852). (opens in new tab)Rocha, A., M. Jimenez, M. Montoya, and V. Mata-Silva · 2023 · Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología e781: 200–202 · Journal Article
- Comparison of ectoparasitic mite loads between gonochoristic (Aspidoscelis marmorata) and parthenogenic (A. tesselata) syntopic whiptail lizards (Teiidae) from the northern Chihuahuan desert of Trans-Pecos, Texas. (opens in new tab)Lukefahr, W. D. · 2013 · Thesis
- Comparison of diets of two syntopic lizards, Aspidoscelis marmorata and Aspidoscelis tesselata (Teiidae), from the northern Chihuahuan Desert of Texas. (opens in new tab)Mata-Silva, V., J. D. Johnson, and A. Ramírez-Bautista · 2013 · Southwestern Naturalist 58(2): 209–215 · Journal Article
- Reproductive characteristics of two syntopic species of whiptail lizards (Aspidoscelis marmorata and Aspidoscelis tesselata), from the Northern Chihuahuan Desert. (opens in new tab)Mata-Silva, V., A. Ramírez-Bautista, and J. D. Johnson · 2010 · Southwestern Naturalist 55(1): 125–129 · Journal Article
- Gut parasites of two syntopic species of whiptail lizards (Aspidoscelis marmorata and Aspidoscelis tesselata) from the northern Chihuahuan Desert. (opens in new tab)Mata-Silva, V., C. R. Bursey, and J. D. Johnson · 2008 · Boletín de la Sociedad Herpetológica Mexicana 16(1): 1–4 · Journal Article
- Diet comparison between two syntopic teiid lizards, Aspidoscelis marmorata and Aspidoscelis tesselata, in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. (opens in new tab)Mata-Silva, V. · 2005 · Thesis