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Coleonyx variegatus (Western Banded Gecko)

Synonyms: Coleonyx variegatus bogerti; Coleonyx variegatus peninsularis; Coleonyx variegatus utahensis; Coleonyx vulgaris; Stenodactylus variegatus

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleonyx variegatus, the western banded gecko, is a species of gecko found in the southwestern United States (southern California, southwest New Mexico, southern Arizona, Utah, Nevada) and northern Mexico (Sonora, northwest Baja California). Five subspecies are recognized.
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Infraspecies

Coleonyx variegatus abbotti (San Diego banded gecko)
Coleonyx variegatus sonoriensis (Sonoran banded gecko)
Coleonyx variegatus variegatus (Desert banded gecko)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.9 grams
Female Weight [2]  5 grams
Egg Length [2]  0.63 inches (16 mm)
Egg Width [2]  0.354 inches (9 mm)
Gestation [2]  45 days
Litter Size [2]  2
Litters / Year [2]  2
Maximum Longevity [4]  15 years
Reproductive Mode [3]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [2]  2.362 inches (6 cm)
Habitat Substrate [3]  Terrestrial

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pharyngodon ozkutzcabiensis[5]
Spauligodon californiensis[5]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Length–weight allometries in lizards, S. Meiri, Journal of Zoology 281 (2010) 218–226
2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
3Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
4de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0