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title: "Rusty-rumped Whiptail"
description: "Aspidoscelis scalaris — Reptielen. Aspidoscelis scalaris, the rusty-rumped whiptail, is a species of teiid lizard found in Mexico and the United States (Texas)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/rusty-rumped-whiptail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rusty-rumped Whiptail

> Aspidoscelis scalaris — Reptielen. Aspidoscelis scalaris, the rusty-rumped whiptail, is a species of teiid lizard found in Mexico and the United States (Texas).

- Scientific name: *Aspidoscelis scalaris*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 681
- Wikidata: [Q2866857](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2866857)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73689](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73689)

## Names

- en: Rusty-rumped Whiptail
- es: Huico manchado de la altiplanicie

## Countries with the most observations

US (437), MX (119)

## Summary

Aspidoscelis scalaris, the rusty-rumped whiptail, is a species of teiid lizard found in Mexico and the United States (Texas).

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

## Photo

![Rusty-rumped Whiptail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rusty-rumped-whiptail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305899355

## Machine access

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