Repeated evolution of blanched coloration in a lizard across independent white-sand habitats.

The White Sands lizards of New Mexico are a rare and classic example of convergent evolution where three species have evolved blanched coloration on the white gypsum dunes. Until now, no geological replicate of the pattern had been described. However, one of the White Sands species, the lesser earless lizard (), has been discovered to also inhabit the Salt Basin Dunes of Texas, where it has also evolved a blanched morph.