Coleonyx elegans

Coleonyx elegans
Yucatan banded gecko, Coleonyx elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Eublepharidae
Genus: Coleonyx
Species: C. elegans
Binomial name
Coleonyx elegans
Gray, 1845[1]
Subspecies
  • Coleonyx elegans elegans (Gray, 1845)
  • Coleonyx elegans nemoralis (Klauber, 1945)

Coleonyx elegans, the Yucatán banded gecko, is a species of geckos found in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize.[2]

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. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. JE Gray, 1845
  2. 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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