Coleonyx is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a taxonomic unit used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The term comes from Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender" , cognate with – genos, "race, stock, kin" ..In addition, genus is a taxonomic rank in the hierarchy In biology, a genus (plural:...
of terrestrial
geckoGeckos are small to average sized lizards belonging to the family Gekkonidae, found in warm climates throughout the world. Geckos are unique among lizards in their vocalizations, making chirping sounds in social interactions with other geckos. An estimated 2,000 different species of geckos exist...
s commonly referred to as
banded geckos. They are found throughout the southwestern
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
,
MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and south into
Central AmericaManagua
Guatemala City
San Salvador
San Pedro Sula
Panama City
San José, Costa Rica
Santa Ana, El Salvador
León
San Miguel|-|}...
. They are relatively small lizards, measuring about 5-6 inches in length. They are nocturnal and are found primarily in dry, rocky habitats.
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Coleonyx is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a taxonomic unit used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The term comes from Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender" , cognate with – genos, "race, stock, kin" ..In addition, genus is a taxonomic rank in the hierarchy In biology, a genus (plural:...
of terrestrial
geckoGeckos are small to average sized lizards belonging to the family Gekkonidae, found in warm climates throughout the world. Geckos are unique among lizards in their vocalizations, making chirping sounds in social interactions with other geckos. An estimated 2,000 different species of geckos exist...
s commonly referred to as
banded geckos. They are found throughout the southwestern
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
,
MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and south into
Central AmericaManagua
Guatemala City
San Salvador
San Pedro Sula
Panama City
San José, Costa Rica
Santa Ana, El Salvador
León
San Miguel|-|}...
. They are relatively small lizards, measuring about 5-6 inches in length. They are nocturnal and are found primarily in dry, rocky habitats.
Species
- Texas Banded Gecko, Coleonyx brevis
The Texas Banded Gecko, is a species of small gecko native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.- Description :Texas banded geckos are small, terrestrial lizards, rarely exceeding four inches in length...
(StejnegerLeonhard Hess Stejneger was an American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist. Stejneger specialized in vertebrate natural history studies. He gained his greatest reputation with reptiles and amphibians....
, 1893)
- Yucatan Banded Gecko, Coleonyx elegans
- Coleonyx elegans nemoralis (Klauber, 1945)
- Coleonyx elegans elegans (Gray
John Edward Gray was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....
, 1845)
- Black Banded Gecko, Coleonyx fasciatus (Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1885)
- Central American Banded Gecko, Coleonyx mitratus (Peters
Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
, 1863)
- Reticulate Banded Gecko, Coleonyx reticulatus
Coleonyx reticulatus is a species of small gecko native to the United States and Mexico . It is sometimes referred to as the Reticulated Gecko or Reticulate Banded Gecko.- Description :...
(Davis & DixonDr. James Ray Dixon is Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus of Amphibians and Reptiles at the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection at Texas A&M University. His main research focus has been the natural history of Texas amphibians and reptiles and he has authored numerous field guides and...
, 1958)
- Switak's Banded Gecko, Coleonyx switaki
- Coleonyx switaki switaki (Murphy, 1974)
- Coleonyx switaki gypsicolus (Grismer & Ottlery, 1988)
- Western Banded Gecko, Coleonyx variegatus
The Western Banded Gecko is a species of gecko found in the southwestern United States The Western Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus) is a species of gecko found in the southwestern United States The Western Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus) is a species of gecko found in the southwestern United...
- Coleonyx variegatus abbotti (Klauber, 1945)
- Coleonyx variegatus bogerti (Klauber, 1945)
- Coleonyx variegatus peninsularis (Klauber, 1945)
- Coleonyx variegatus slevini (Klauber, 1945)
- Coleonyx variegatus sonoriensis (Klauber, 1945)
- Coleonyx variegatus utahensis (Klauber, 1945)
- Coleonyx variegatus variegatus (Baird
Spencer Fullerton Baird was an American ornithologist and ichthyologist.-Biography:Baird was born in Reading, Pennsylvania...
, 1858)