Texas Banded Gecko
Coleonyx brevis
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- C. brevis – Brewster Co, TX – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- C. brevis – Brewster Co, TX – photo by Rob Klockman
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- C. brevis – Brewster Co, TX – photo by Travis Dimler
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- C. brevis – Presidio Co, TX – photo by Saunders Drukker
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- C. brevis – Southwest TX – photo by Jason Penney
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- C. brevis – Val Verde Co, TX – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- C. brevis Habitat – Val Verde Co, TX – photo by Gerald Keown, SWCHR
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- C. brevis – Val Verde Co, TX – photo by Gerald Keown, SWCHR
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- C. brevis – Val Verde Co, TX – photo by Gerald Keown, SWCHR
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Coleonyx brevis occurs throughout southwestern Texas and southern New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Coleonyx brevis (Stejneger 1893)
Genus: Coleonyx, Greek – koleos = sheath + onyx = talon or claw – ref. sheathed claws
Species: brevis, Latin = short – ref. short snout of the species
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962