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Western Banded Gecko - Coleonyx variegatus
Desert Banded Gecko - Coleonyx variegatus variegatus
Geco de Bandas Occidental
(Baird, 1859)| Species Description & More Pictures |
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| Adult, San Matias Pass, Baja California © Stuart Young |
Adult, San Matias Pass, Baja California Sur © Stuart Young | Adult, San Matias Pass, Baja California © Stuart Young |
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| Adult, San Matias Pass, Baja California © Stuart Young | Adult, San Matias Pass, Baja California © Stuart Young |
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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 | ||
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| Habitat, San Matias Pass, Baja California © Stuart Young |
Habitat, San Matias Pass, Baja California © Stuart Young |
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| A night shot of a gecko crawling slowly and waving its tail. |
Three Desert Banded Geckos out at night in the desert. |
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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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