California Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris munda)

Created: September 3rd, 2009 - 05:33 PM
Last Modified: December 6th, 2009 - 10:13 AM Entered by: John Lauermann AKA ricrabt
Record 29205

Country: United States		State: California	County: Los Angeles County	Time: 2009-06-16 11:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Road cruising	Habitat: chaparal hillside
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Sky Conditions: -----		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Very poor voucher. Photo of Whiptail is just of the corner of the mirror. Found in the intergrade zone. New Picture added of same Whiptail. Found on the extreme NW corner of L.A. County.

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Todd Battey on Dec 04, 2009 at 01:55 PM

That's a tough lizard to photograph. I believe the only intergrade zone that occurs in LA County is between the Great Basin Whiptail (A. t. tigris) and the Coastal Whiptail (A. t. stejnegri) subspecies. A. t. munda occurs north and west of LA County, (or maybe in the northwest corner of the county). I suggest changing this record to one of the other subspecies or, if you are willing, clarify what part of the county it was observed (NW?).