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Western Whiptail ( Cnemidophorus tigris )

Western Whiptail | Cnemidophorus tigris photo

Cnemidophorus tigris multiscutatus

Photograph by Chris Brown (USGS). License: Public Domain.

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Classification

Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata (Sauria)
Family:	Teiidae
Genus:	Cnemidophorus
Species:	tigris
Common Name:	Western Whiptail

Relatives in same Genus
  Texas Spotted Whiptail (C. gularis gularis)
  Orangethroat Whiptail (C. hyperythrus)
  Six lined Racerunner (C. sexlineatus)
  Desert Grassland Whiptail (C. uniparens)