Yucatán banded gecko

Yucatán banded gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Eublepharidae
Genus:Coleonyx
Species: C. elegans
Binomial name
Coleonyx elegans
Gray, 1845[2]
Subspecies
  • Coleonyx elegans elegans (Gray, 1845)
  • Coleonyx elegans nemoralis (Klauber, 1945)

The Yucatán banded gecko (Coleonyx elegans) is a species of geckos found in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize.[3]

It is a common inhabitant of forested and open habitats throughout Yucatan peninsula. It is terrestrial and largely nocturnal, although abroad during day. It feeds on invertebrates, including spiders, crickets and beetles.

References

  1. ↑ Sunyer, J., Ariano-Sánchez, D. & Lee, J. 2013. Coleonyx elegans. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T197470A2487594. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T197470A2487594.en. Downloaded on 11 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. JE Gray, 1845
  3. ↑ Campbell, Jonathan A. (1999). Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatan, and Belize. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 123–125. ISBN 978-0-8061-3066-8.


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