Coleonyx elegans

Coleonyx elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: 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. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman: London. xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. 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