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Many-lined whiptail

Aspidoscelis lineattissimus (Cope, 1878)

Status not recordedlizards

The many-lined whiptail (Aspidoscelis lineattissimus) is a species in the family Teiidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 13.6 g and reach 7.78 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the many-lined whiptail

Weight
13.6 gsrc for Weight
Length
7.78 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 9src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
7 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1 – 3src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the many-lined whiptail?

MANY-LINED WHIPTAIL · LENGTH 7.78 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 7.78 cm, the recorded maximum length of the many-lined whiptail is about 4.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

What eats the many-lined whiptail?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded predators of the many-lined whiptail

1 on record

  1. Mexican Patchnose snake Salvadora mexicana2 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records
  • https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148110230
  • ASPIDOSCELIS LINEATISSIMUS (Colima Whiptail Lizard). PREDATION. 2006. Herpetological Review 37(4): 462-463

Where does the many-lined whiptail live?

Not recorded

Is the many-lined whiptail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the many-lined whiptail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyTeiidae
  6. genusAspidoscelis
  7. SpeciesAspidoscelis lineattissimus (Cope, 1878)

Synonyms Cnemidophorus lineattissimus, Cnemidophorus lineattissimus duodecemlineatus, Cnemidophorus lineattissimus exoristus, Cnemidophorus lineattissimus lividus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Mangestribet PiskehaletejuDanish
  • Huico muchas líneasSpanish
  • Cuiji de Muchas LineasSpanish
  • Huico de líneas de JaliscoSpanish
  • スジハシリトカゲJapanese
  • Cauda-de-chicote-multilineadoPortuguese

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISITISWikidata

Relatives of the many-lined whiptail

Other species in the same genus Aspidoscelis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the many-lined whiptail?

An adult many-lined whiptail weighs 13.6 g and measures 7.78 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the many-lined whiptail?

The many-lined whiptail (Aspidoscelis lineattissimus) belongs to the family Teiidae in the order Squamata.

What eats the many-lined whiptail?

Animals recorded preying on the many-lined whiptail include mexican patchnose snake. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

  • Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
    Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
  • Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
    Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference.
  • ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
    Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4
  • SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
    Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Many-lined whiptail (Aspidoscelis lineattissimus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/many-lined-whiptail

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“Many-lined whiptail (Aspidoscelis lineattissimus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/many-lined-whiptail.

BibTeX
@misc{many_lined_whiptail_2026,
  title = {Many-lined whiptail (Aspidoscelis lineattissimus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/many-lined-whiptail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}