Subspecies:
Aspidoscelis marmorata reticuloriens
Eastern Marbled Whiptail
May 23, 2008
Bottomless Lakes State Park, Chaves County, New Mexico
This large whiptail was obviously a campground veteran, and we saw it on multiple occasions over a couple of days. It was typically poking slowly around within about twenty feet of the picnic table at our campsite, and would race off as whiptails do when I went to get my camera. Our dogs thought this lizard was awesome entertainment. Eventually, after pointing out a nearby
rattlesnake to me, it finally settled down for a few moments nearby and let me get a photo.