western banded gecko (Phoenix Zoo - Arizona Trail)

western banded gecko

Coleonyx variegatus

Summary ⁷

The Western Banded Gecko(Coleonyx variegatus) is a species of gecko found in the southwestern United States (southern California, southwest New Mexico, southern Arizona, Utah, Nevada) and northern Mexico (Sonora, northwest Baja California).

Range description ⁸

The range of this species in the United States encompasses southern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, western and southern Arizona (including the Little Colorado River Basin; Persons and Nowak, 2004), and extreme southwestern New Mexico. In Mexico the species occurs throughout Baja California (except high mountains) and in western Sonora (Grismer 2002, Stebbins 2003). Coleonyx variegatus also occurs on islands in the Gulf of California and off the western coast of Baja California. Its elevational range extends from below sea level in desert sinks to about 1,520 m (5,000 feet).

Iucn red list assessment ⁹

Red List Category

Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2007

Assessor/s

Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Gadsden, H.

Reviewer/s

Cox, N., Chanson, J.S. & Stuart, S.N. (Global Reptile Assessment Coordinating Team)

Contributor/s

Justification

Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Fuentes y créditos

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(c) 2010 William Flaxington, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=321059&one=T
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(c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=635&one=T
(c) 2002 California Academy of Sciences, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=110480&one=T
(c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleonyx_variegatus
(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28062838
(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28062837