Yucatán banded gecko

Yucatán banded gecko
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Eublepharidae
Genus:	Coleonyx
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
	Coleonyx elegans; Gray, 1845
Subspecies
	Coleonyx elegans elegans (Gray, 1845); Coleonyx elegans nemoralis (Klauber, 1945);

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, although abroad during day. It feeds on invertebrates, including spiders, crickets and beetles.

References

^ Sunyer, J., Ariano-Sánchez, D. & Lee, J. 2013. Coleonyx elegans. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T197470A2487594. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T197470A2487594.en. Downloaded on 11 December 2017.
^ 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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[1] Sunyer, J., Ariano-Sánchez, D. & Lee, J. 2013. Coleonyx elegans. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T197470A2487594. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T197470A2487594.en. Downloaded on 11 December 2017.

[2] Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. JE Gray, 1845

[Campbell-1999-3] 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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