#1797 · 🦎 reptiles

Orange-throated Whiptail

Aspidoscelis hyperythrus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The orange-throated whiptail ( Aspidoscelis hyperythrus ) is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species was previously placed in the genus Cnemidophorus .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,418iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,418 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1863 (163 years ago).