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Western Banded Gecko - Coleonyx variegatus
San Diego Banded Gecko - Coleonyx variegatus abbotti
Geco de Bandas Occidental
Klauber, 1945| Species Description & More Pictures |
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| Adult, Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California © Stuart Young |
Adult, Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California © Stuart Young | Adult, El Rosario, Baja California |
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| San Diego Banded Gecko (on fingers), intergrade (in the middle), and Desert Banded Gecko (near wrist) all found in San Matias Pass, Baja California where the ranges of the two subspecies meet. © Stuart Young | Adult, El Rosario, Baja California | |
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| Adult, Baja California Norte © Paul Maier | ||
| Intergrades | ||
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| Coleonyx variegatus abbotti x Coleonyx variegatus peninsularis intergrade, San Ignacio, Baja California Sur © Stuart Young |
Coleonyx variegatus abbotti x Coleonyx variegatus peninsularis intergrade, San Ignacio, Baja California Sur © Stuart Young |
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| Habitat | ||
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| Habitat, El Rosario, Baja California | Habitat, Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California |
Habitat, San Matias Pass, Baja California © Stuart Young |
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| Habitat, San Ignacio, Baja California Sur © Stuart Young |
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| Short Video | ||
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| Watch a short video of this gecko crawling along a boulder in California, U.S.A. | ||
References:
Grismer, L. Lee. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. The University of California Press, 2002. McPeak, Ron H. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California. Sea Challengers, 2000. Samuel M. McGinnis and Robert C. Stebbins. Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles & Amphibians. 4th Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2018. Stebbins, Robert C. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 3rd Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. The Reptile Database San Diego Natural History Museum |
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