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SANTA FE, NM - MAY 21, 2017: A Whiptail Lizard crawls around in the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The nature preserve and riparian ecosystem is owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy. The whiptail lizard is the official reptile of New Mexico. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

SANTA FE, NM - MAY 21, 2017:  A Whiptail Lizard crawls around in the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The nature preserve and riparian ecosystem is owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy. The whiptail lizard is the official reptile of New Mexico. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)