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title: "Yucatán Whiptail"
description: "Aspidoscelis angusticeps — Reptielen. Aspidoscelis angusticeps, the Yucatán whiptail, is a species of teiid lizard found in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yucatan-whiptail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yucatán Whiptail

> Aspidoscelis angusticeps — Reptielen. Aspidoscelis angusticeps, the Yucatán whiptail, is a species of teiid lizard found in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize.

- Scientific name: *Aspidoscelis angusticeps*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 705
- Wikidata: [Q2866826](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2866826)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73650](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73650)

## Names

- en: Yucatán Whiptail
- es: Huico yucateco

## Countries with the most observations

MX (628), BZ (13)

## Summary

Aspidoscelis angusticeps, the Yucatán whiptail, is a species of teiid lizard found in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize.
Subspecies of Aspidoscelis angusticeps are:

Aspidoscelis angusticeps petenensis (BEARGIE & MCCOY 1964)
Aspidoscelis angusticeps angusticeps (COPE 1877)

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

## Photo

![Yucatán Whiptail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yucatan-whiptail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alejandro Santillana · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10628569

## Machine access

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