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Reptiles
Common Checkered Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tesselata
Authorship: (Baird)
Notes
It is a unisexual parthenogenetic species (2n).
Records
It is known from numerous records from throughout IMRS by UTEP personnel.
Sources
[Carranza, 1997, Couvillon, 2011a, b, Hotchkin and Riveroll, 2005, Lukefahr, 2013, Mata-Silva, 2005, Mata-Silva et al., 2008, 2010, 2013]
Taxonomic Classification
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (Vertebrates)
ClassReptilia (Reptiles)
OrderSquamata (Lizards and Snakes)
SuborderLacertilia (Lizards)
FamilyTEIIDAE (Ameivas, Racerunners, and Whiptails Family)
GenusAspidoscelis
Speciestesselata
Theses, papers, and notes featuring this species.
- 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