<P> The hybridization of these species prevents healthy males from forming , whereas males exist in both parent species ( see Sexual differentiation ) . Parthenogenesis allows the resulting all - female population to reproduce and thus evolve into a unique species capable of reproduction . This combination of interspecific hybridization and parthenogenesis exists as a reproductive strategy in several species of whiptail lizard within the Cnemidophorus genus to which the New Mexico whiptail belongs . </P>
what type of reproduction do whiptail lizards use
Parthenogenesis