Plateau striped whiptail

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| image = Aspidoscelis velox - Flickr - aspidoscelis (3).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Hammerson, G.A. |date=2007 |title=Aspidoscelis velox |volume=2007 |page=e.T64292A12755066 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64292A12755066.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Aspidoscelis

| species = velox

| authority = (Springer, 1928)

}}

The plateau striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis velox) is a species of teiid lizard found in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico in the United States.{{NRDB species|genus=Aspidoscelis|species=velox|accessdate=14 June 2019}} It was introduced to Cove Palisades State Park the state of Oregon as early as the 1960s; it has since persisted, with its range expanding locally to the surrounding areas.{{cite journal |last1=Kusaka |first1=Carina M. |last2=Utsumi |first2=Kaera L. |last3=Cordes |first3=James E. |last4=Barley |first4=Anthony J. |last5=Thomson |first5=Robert C. |last6=Livo |first6=Lauren J. |last7=Walker |first7=James M. |title=Aspidoscelis velox (Plateau Striped Whiptail) in Jefferson County, Oregon, USA: Persistence of an Introduced Triploid Parthenogenetic Species of Lizard |journal=Western Wildlife |date=14 October 2024 |volume=11 |pages=42-49 |url=https://wwjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2024/10/Kusaka_etal_WW_2024.pdf |access-date=8 November 2024}}