New Mexico’s State Reptile- New Mexico Whiptail Lizard

ContentsNew Mexico Whiptail Aspidoscelis neomexicanaNew Mexico Whiptail Aspidoscelis neomexicana The New Mexico Whiptail (Cnemidophorus neomexianus) was first recognized by science from a specimen collected in Socorro County in 1947. It became the official state reptile when Governor Bill Richardson signed HB 13 on April 6, 2003.     The New Mexico whiptail, Aspidoscelis neomexicana, is a small lizard...