The Chihuahuan spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis) is a species of lizard native to the United States in southern Arizona, southern New Mexico and southwestern Texas, and northern Mexico in northern Chihuahua and northern Sonora.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Aspidoscelis sonorae
- Aspidoscelis neotesselatus
- Aspidoscelis stictogrammus
- Aspidoscelis neomexicanus
- Aspidoscelis uniparens
- Aspidoscelis scalaris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Teiidae
- Genus
- Aspidoscelis
- Species
- Aspidoscelis exsanguis
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