Yucatán banded gecko
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Eublepharidae |
| Genus: | Coleonyx |
| Species: | C. elegans
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| Coleonyx elegans | |
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The Yucatán banded gecko (Coleonyx elegans) is a species of geckos found in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize.[3]
It is a common inhabitant of forested and open habitats throughout Yucatan peninsula. It is terrestrial and largely nocturnal. It feeds on invertebrates, including spiders, crickets and beetles.
References[]
- ^ Sunyer, J.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Lee, J. (2013). "Coleonyx elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T197470A2487594. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T197470A2487594.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. JE Gray, 1845
- ^ 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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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Coleonyx
- Reptiles of Guatemala
- Reptiles of Belize
- Reptiles described in 1845
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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