Coleonyx elegans

Coleonyx elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eublepharoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Eublepharoidea

Familia: Eublepharidae
Genus: Coleonyx
Species: Coleonyx elegans

Name

Coleonyx elegans Gray, 1845: 162

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.27.7.
• Type locality: “Mexico”.

Synonyms

• Gymnodactylus scapularis Duméril & Duméril, 1851
• Coleonyx coleonyx Duméril, 1856

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Coleonyx elegans. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 April 2020.
• Sunyer, J., Ariano-Sánchez, D. & Lee, J. 2013. IUCN: Coleonyx elegans  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T197470A2487594. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T197470A2487594.en

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Mexikanischer Krallengecko
• English: Yucatan Banded Gecko