Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus)

Found throughout NC in sandy/well-drained soil habitats below elevations of ~650m, Racerunners are most common in the sandhills and parts of the coastal plain. Well named, they often race off when encountered! Recently they have been reclassified into the genus Aspidoscelis.
Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus) Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus)
Weymouth Woods State Park
Moore Co., NC
11 June 2003

Note dark body with several pale stripes running the length of the body.

Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus) Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus)
Moore Co., NC
10 June 2006

Racerunners are related to the whiptails of the western US and have very long tails!

Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus) Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus)
Moore Co., NC
10 June 2006
Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus) Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus)
On weed cloth at a nursery in Brunswick Co., NC
30 Aug 2008
Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus) Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus)
On weed cloth at a nursery in Brunswick Co., NC
30 Aug 2008
'Texas Yellow-headed' Six-lined Racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineatus stephensae)
Estero Llano Grande State Park, Hidalgo Co., TX
2 May 2018

I believe this is subspecies stephensae, but I'm not certain. Little information I could find online.

'Texas Yellow-headed' Six-lined Racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineatus stephensae)
Estero Llano Grande State Park, Hidalgo Co., TX
2 May 2018

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