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title: "New Mexico Whiptail"
description: "Aspidoscelis neomexicanus — Rettili. The New Mexico whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicanus) is a female-only species of lizard found in New Mexico and Arizona in the southwestern United States, and in Chihuahua in northern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/new-mexico-whiptail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# New Mexico Whiptail

> Aspidoscelis neomexicanus — Rettili. The New Mexico whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicanus) is a female-only species of lizard found in New Mexico and Arizona in the southwestern United States, and in Chihuahua in northern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Aspidoscelis neomexicanus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1051
- Wikidata: [Q55651431](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55651431)
- iNaturalist taxon: [194096](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/194096)

## Names

- en: New Mexico Whiptail
- es: Huico de Nuevo México

## Countries with the most observations

US (867)

## Summary

The New Mexico whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicanus) is a female-only species of lizard found in New Mexico and Arizona in the southwestern United States, and in Chihuahua in northern Mexico. It is the official state reptile of New Mexico. It is one of many lizard species known to be parthenogenetic. Individuals of the species can be created either through the hybridization of the little striped whiptail (A. inornatus) and the western whiptail (A. tigris), or through the parthenogenetic reproduction of an adult New Mexico whiptail.
The hybridization of these species prevents healthy males from forming, whereas males…

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

## Photo

![New Mexico Whiptail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/new-mexico-whiptail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Bobular · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/315953303

## Machine access

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