Bleached Earless Lizard (Holbrookia maculata ruthveni)
Description: A small (up to 2.75inches from snout to vent), white lizard with variable markings. Looks very similar to the Speckled Earless Lizard, but much lighter, almost entirely white. The scales are small and granular.
Habitat: Sandy soil including sand dunes
Range: Only found in the White Sands area of Otero County, New Mexico
Found in these States:
NM
Diet: It feeds on a variety of insects including grasshoppers, beetles, bees, wasps, ants, true bugs, butterflies, and moths. It also eats a variety of spiders and small lizards.
Reproduction: Mating takes place in spring and one or two clutches of eggs are laid in spring and summer. Clutch size ranges from 1 to 10 eggs
Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of the relatively large and stable extent of occurrence, area of occupancy, number of subpopulations, and population size. No major threats have been identified.
»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
»» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
»» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
»» Class: Reptilia - Reptiles
»» Order: Squamata - Lizards
»» Family: Phrynosomatidae - North American Spiny Lizards
»» Genus: Holbrookia
»» Species: Holbrookia maculata - Western Earless Lizard
»» Subspecies: Holbrookia maculata ruthveni - Bleached Earless Lizard
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