#1802 · 🦎 reptiles
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail
Aspidoscelis sonorae
7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Terry Rosenmeier · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Yinpeng Zhang · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Bryan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Lon&Queta · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © Cecelia Alexander · CC0
- 7. © Joshua Smith · CC0
what is it?
The Sonoran spotted whiptail ( Aspidoscelis sonorae ) is a species of teiid lizard found in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, and Mexico.
base stats
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.
- 4,259 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Sonoran Spotted Whiptail
- scientific name
- Aspidoscelis sonorae
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Teiidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,259
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Teiidae
#1632 📷 10Western Whiptail
🇳🇱 Western whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris
LC 🌍 27.2k seen
#1642 📷 10Common Spotted Whiptail
🇳🇱 Texas spotted whiptail
Aspidoscelis gularis
LC 🌍 21.3k seen
#1659 📷 10Six-lined Racerunner
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
LC 🌍 15.3k seen
#1666 📷 10Argentine Black-and-white Tegu
Salvator merianae
LC 🌍 13.5k seen
#1721 📷 9Giant Ameiva
🇳🇱 Gewone Ameiva
Ameiva ameiva
LC 🌍 7.6k seen
#1747 📷 10Middle American Ameiva
Holcosus festivus
LC 🌍 6.3k seen
#1797 📷 7Orange-throated Whiptail
Aspidoscelis hyperythrus
LC 🌍 4.4k seen
#1817 📷 10Common Puerto Rican Ameiva
Pholidoscelis exsul
LC 🌍 3.9k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 73691, Wikidata Q2866858, GBIF 2472370, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.