{"id":2359,"date":"2015-10-12T18:38:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T22:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2015-10-12T18:38:11","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T22:38:11","slug":"desert-grassland-whiptail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2015\/10\/12\/desert-grassland-whiptail\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Grassland Whiptail Lizard"},"content":{"rendered":"

The desert grassland whiptail is an all female lizard species that reproduces exclusively by parthenogenesis.
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Desert grassland whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis uniparens<\/em>), Toronto Zoo<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Originally a hybrid between two other species the desert grassland whiptail has three sets of chromosomes (triploid) and has only females. The eggs develop without fertilization from a male but the females engage in sexual behavior with each-other and even perform a sort of pseudocopulation which results in greater number of offspring, in spite of the fact that no genetic material is exchanged.<\/p>\n

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Desert grassland whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis uniparens<\/em>), Toronto Zoo<\/a>.
\nThe much bigger lizard partially seen in the picture is a chuckwalla<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Desert grassland whiptails are native to the southern United States and Mexico.<\/p>\n

Further Readings:<\/h4>\n
\nDesert grassland whiptail lizard<\/a> on Wikipedia.
\nDesert grassland whiptail<\/a> on the Toronto Zoo website.
\nAsexual lizards do not need sex to keep genetic variation<\/a>.
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