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Barefoot Banded Gecko (Coleonyx switaki)Species of Least Concern





Description: C. switaki reaches a snout-to-vent length of 2.0 to 3.4 inches. The body of C. switaki is covered in round brown spots. Despite one of its common names, Switak's Banded gecko, C. switaki has a variable color pattern that may not feature bands.

Habitat: The preferred natural habitats of C. switaki are desert and rocky areas.

Range: C. switaki is native to southern California in the United States and Baja California and Baja California Sur in Mexico.

Found in these States: CA

Diet: Probably similar to C. brevis, which feeds on insects, spiders, and other arthropods.

Reproduction: C. switaki is oviparous

Status: 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.

Subspecies: None

Taxonomy:

»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
   »» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
     »» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
       »» Class: Reptilia - Reptiles
         »» Order: Squamata - Lizards
           »» Family: Gekkonidae - Geckos
             »» Genus: Coleonyx
               »» Species: Coleonyx switaki - Barefoot Banded Gecko

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Switak's banded gecko", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.

  

 

 

 

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