While I’m on the subject of blurry, rather terrible pictures of whiptails I’ve found, I might as well get this one up. This is Eastern New Mexico’s version of the little desert lizards. Though they can be found about anywhere in the grassy hills North of the Guadalupe mountains, I saw the highest frequency to be in the islands of bunchgrass that pop up from the red oil sands North East of Carlsbad. They’re easy to find there, just follow the tracks!
Aspidoscelis tesselata
Tags: aspidoscelis, checkered whiptail, eddy county, new mexico, tesselata
