The data indicate that the proportion of lizards with stumpy tails is twice as high in the south as it is in the north--these data are consistent with the hypothesis. Widespread species, such as the ...

Now, whiptail lizards aren’t the only animals who can clone themselves. Unisexuality has been identified in more than 80 groups of amphibians, reptiles, and even fish.

All members of the lizard species are female and reproduce asexually through a process called parthenogenesis. by Miles W. Griffis November 27, 2023 February 1, 2024 Click to print (Opens in new ...

Out in western Texas, there's an extremely rare lizard called the Dixon's whiptail. The fast-moving reptile – which measures about 8 to 12 inches in length and is gray in color with white or ...

One of the most fascinating aspects of the whiptail lizards is that they have multiple modes of reproduction. The western whiptail, from what I have found in the literature, always reproduces sexually ...

“Blue bellies” are famous in the lizard world, at least among child naturalists. Orange County, appropriately enough, also is home to “orange bellies,” and that’s a lizard of another color.

Whiptails move in a nervous, jerky manner that might make them seem hyper-caffeinated – even when compared to other lizards.And the orange-throated whiptail, a Southern California species of ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Out in western Texas, there's an extremely rare lizard called the Dixon's whiptail. The fast-moving reptile – which measures about 8 to 12 inches in length and is gray in ...

A long, slender lizard moved among trees in a pinyon-juniper woodland on the Colorado Plateau, searching the accumulated debris beneath the trees for grubs, spiders, beetles or any other insects. I… ...