<P> The New Mexico whiptail ( Cnemidophorus neomexicanus ) is a female - only species of lizard found in the southern United States in New Mexico and Arizona , and in northern Mexico in Chihuahua . It is the official state reptile of New Mexico . It is one of many lizard species known to be parthenogenic . Individuals of the species can be created either through the hybridization of the little striped whiptail ( C. inornatus ) and the western whiptail ( C. tigris ) , or through the parthenogenic reproduction of an adult New Mexico whiptail . </P>
what type of reproduction do whiptail lizards use
parthenogenic