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title: "Western whiptail"
description: "Aspidoscelis tigris — Reptielen. The western whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris) is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/western-whiptail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Western whiptail

> Aspidoscelis tigris — Reptielen. The western whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris) is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae.

- Scientific name: *Aspidoscelis tigris*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne), `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 26938
- Wikidata: [Q2709327](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2709327)
- iNaturalist taxon: [38671](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38671)

## Names

- en: Western Whiptail
- de: Tiger-Rennechse
- es: Huico tigre del noroeste
- fr: Queue-fouet tigre
- nl: Western whiptail
- pt: Cnemidophorus tigris

## Countries with the most observations

US (25228), MX (632)

## Summary

The western whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris) is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is found throughout most of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Most of its populations appear stable, and it is not listed as endangered in any of the states comprising its range.  It lives in a wide variety of habitats, including deserts and semiarid shrubland, usually in areas with sparse vegetation; it also may be found in woodland, open dry forest, and riparian growth. It lives in burrows. Major differences between this species and the checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselatus) include the lack…

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

## Photo

![Western whiptail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-whiptail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253949861

## Machine access

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