The Arizona striped whiptail (''Aspidoscelis arizonae'') is a species of

whiptail lizard Teiidae is a family of autarchoglossan lizards native to the Americas. Members of this family are generally known as whiptails or racerunners; however, tegus also belong to this family. Teiidae is sister to the Gymnopthalmidae, and both families ...

endemic to the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. This is a species of lizards that lives in

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

's grassy desert areas and is normally found hiding in desert shrubs. They are approximately long, and, like all whiptails, they have a noticeably long whiplike tail hence the name whiptail and they are fast runners . ''A. arizonae'' are identifiable by their brown and blue bodies with noticeable yellow stripes. They are easily confused with the Pai striped whiptail.

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Reptiles described in 1896 Aspidoscelis Taxa named by John Van Denburgh {{Arizona-stub