Coleonyx elegans
| Coleonyx elegans | |
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| Yucatan Banded Gecko, Coleonyx elegans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Eublepharinae |
| Genus: | Coleonyx |
| Species: | C. elegans Gray, 1845 |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleonyx elegans | |
The Yucatán Banded Gecko (Coleonyx elegans) is a species of gecko found in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize.[1] It is a common inhabitant of forested and open habitats throughout Yucatan peninsula. Terrestrial and largely nocturnal, although abroad during day. Feeds on invertebrates, including spiders, crickets and beetles.
References
- ↑ 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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