The marbled whiptail grows from 8 to 12 inches in length. It is grey or black overall in color with 4 to 8 yellow or white stripes, often with dark mottling, giving it a marbled appearance. Their underside is white or pale yellow, with a peach coloration on the throat. They are slender bodied, with long tails.
Behavioredit
Like most other species of whiptail lizards, the marbled whiptail is diurnal and insectivorous. It is wary, energetic, and fast moving, darting for cover if approached. Its preferred habitat is semiarid, sandy areas with sparse vegetation, or the open edges of wooded areas. Breeding takes place in the spring, with up to four eggs laid sometime in the month of May. The eggs hatch in six to eight weeks. A second clutch of eggs is occasionally laid in mid summer. Hatchlings look much like the adults, except they have bright blue colored tails.
Subspeciesedit
There are two recognized subspecies of A. marmoratus:
marbled, whiptail, marbled, whiptail, aspidoscelis, marmoratus, species, lizard, found, united, states, southern, mexico, texas, northern, mexico, coahuila, chihuahua, durango, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, chordata,. The marbled whiptail Aspidoscelis marmoratus is a species of lizard found in the United States in southern New Mexico and Texas and in northern Mexico in Coahuila Chihuahua and Durango Marbled whiptail Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Squamata Family Teiidae Genus Aspidoscelis Species A marmoratus Binomial name Aspidoscelis marmoratusBaird amp Girard 1852 Synonyms Cnemidophorus tigris marmoratusBurger 1950Aspidoscelis tigris marmorataReeder 2002 Contents 1 Description 2 Behavior 3 Subspecies 4 ReferencesDescription editThe marbled whiptail grows from 8 to 12 inches in length It is grey or black overall in color with 4 to 8 yellow or white stripes often with dark mottling giving it a marbled appearance Their underside is white or pale yellow with a peach coloration on the throat They are slender bodied with long tails Behavior editLike most other species of whiptail lizards the marbled whiptail is diurnal and insectivorous It is wary energetic and fast moving darting for cover if approached Its preferred habitat is semiarid sandy areas with sparse vegetation or the open edges of wooded areas Breeding takes place in the spring with up to four eggs laid sometime in the month of May The eggs hatch in six to eight weeks A second clutch of eggs is occasionally laid in mid summer Hatchlings look much like the adults except they have bright blue colored tails Subspecies editThere are two recognized subspecies of A marmoratus Aspidoscelis marmoratus marmoratus Baird amp Girard 1852 Aspidoscelis marmoratus reticuloriens Vance 1978 References editGenus Aspidoscelis at The Reptile Database Herps of Texas Cnemidophorus marmoratus Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marbled whiptail amp oldid 1130682378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
