Western whiptail
Cnemidophorus tigris
Reptile
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Striped lizard with six pale longitudinal lines on gray-brown body. Diurnal ground hunter; controls insects and spiders in open, sandy Bay Area habitats.
Plants that support Western whiptail
6 plants
Anglestem Buckwheat
Eriogonum angulosum
annual
Shelter
Bay Area native
Beach Sand-spurrey
Spergularia macrotheca var. macrotheca
perennial herb
Shelter
Bay Area native
Coastal Lipfern*
Myriopteris intertexta
fern
Shelter
Bay Area native
Coffee Fern
Pellaea andromedifolia
fern
Shelter
Bay Area native
Gypsum Springbeauty
Claytonia gypsophiloides
annual
Shelter
Bay Area native
Thymeleaf Mesamint
Pogogyne serpylloides
annual
Larval Host
Bay Area native