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title: "Huico gris"
description: "Aspidoscelis tesselatus — Reptiles. The checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselatus) is a species of lizard found in the southwestern United States in Colorado, Texas and New Mexico, and in northern Mexico in Chihuahua and Coahuila."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/common-checkered-whiptail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Huico gris

> Aspidoscelis tesselatus — Reptiles. The checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselatus) is a species of lizard found in the southwestern United States in Colorado, Texas and New Mexico, and in northern Mexico in Chihuahua and Coahuila.

- Scientific name: *Aspidoscelis tesselatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `desert` (Desierto)
- iNaturalist observations: 2469
- iNaturalist taxon: [717860](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/717860)

## Names

- en: Common Checkered Whiptail
- de: Würfelrennechse
- es: Huico gris
- fr: Cnémidophore marqueté

## Countries with the most observations

US (2211), MX (147)

## Summary

The checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselatus) is a species of lizard found in the southwestern United States in Colorado, Texas and New Mexico, and in northern Mexico in Chihuahua and Coahuila. Many sources believe that the species originated from the hybridization of the marbled whiptail, Aspidoscelis marmoratus, the plateau spotted whiptail, Aspidoscelis septemvittatus, and possibly the six-lined racerunner, Aspidoscelis sexlineatus. It is one of many lizard species known to be parthenogenic. It is sometimes referred to as the common checkered whiptail to differentiate it from several other species known as checkered…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_checkered_whiptail

## Photo

![Huico gris](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-checkered-whiptail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cecelia Alexander · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13178131

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-checkered-whiptail?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).