General Description: Sonoran Spotted Whiptails (Aspidoscelis sonorae) are medium-sized lizards with a short body (to 3-1/2-inches snout-vent length), a very long tail (total length to about 12 inches), and a pointed snout. The body is thin, brown to black, and marked with six yellowish stripes. The dark "stripes" are marked with light spots, except that juveniles lack spots.

Taxonomy: Whiptail Lizard Family (Teiidae). Formerly Cnemidophorus sonorae.

Where to Find: Don't look for Sonoran Spotted Whiptails around Las Vegas. Rather, look for them in upland habitats (oak-woodland, oak-grassland, riparian woodland, desert scrub, and thorn scrub) in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico (southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and south to northeastern Sonora).