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Western Banded Gecko - Coleonyx variegatus

San Diego Banded Gecko - Coleonyx variegatus abbotti

Geco de Bandas Occidental

Klauber, 1945


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Viscaino Zebra-tailed Lizard Viscaino Zebra-tailed Lizard San Diego Banded Gecko
Adult, Bahia de Los Angeles,
Baja California © Stuart Young
Adult, Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California  © Stuart Young Adult, El Rosario, Baja California
Viscaino Zebra-tailed Lizard Viscaino Zebra-tailed Lizard San Diego Banded Gecko
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
Viscaino Zebra-tailed Lizard Viscaino Zebra-tailed Lizard  
Adult, Baja California Norte © Paul Maier  
     
Intergrades
Viscaino Zebra-tailed Lizard Viscaino Zebra-tailed Lizard  
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
 
     
Habitat
San Diego Banded Gecko habitat San Diego Banded Gecko habitat San Matias Pass
Habitat, El Rosario, Baja California Habitat, Bahia de Los Angeles,
Baja California
Habitat, San Matias Pass, Baja California © Stuart Young
  San Diego Banded Gecko habitat  
  Habitat, San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
© Stuart Young
 
 
Short Video
San Diego Banded Gecko
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.

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San Diego Natural History Museum







Baja California Reptiles & Amphibians

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