Scientific Name: Coleonyx variegatus
Temporal Activity: Nocturnal.
Diet: Invertebrates
Predators: Small mammals, snakes, and owls.
Breeding: In spring and summer clutch of one or two eggs are laid two to three clutches can be laid per year.
Vegetation Association: Desert grassland and open arid desert
Notes: Due to their similar pattern banded geckos are sometimes mistaken for young gila monsters.
Photo:  Photo taken at Brown's Ranch on April 23, 2004.  Click on camara icon for more photos.

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