Coleonyx switaki

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 switaki

Name

Coleonyx switaki (Murphy, 1974)

• Holotype: CAS 139472, adult ♂, collected by Karl H. Switak on 20 June 1974.
• Type locality: “5.5 miles west of San Ignacio (27º27'N, 112º51'W) along Mexican Highway 1, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 500 feet elevation”.

Combinations

• Anarbylus switaki Murphy, 1974: 88 [original combination]
• Coleonyx switaki — Stebbins, 1985: 112 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Murphy, R.W. 1974. A new genus and species of eublepharine gecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Baja California, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 40(4): 87–92. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Coleonyx switaki. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 February 2019.
• Hollingsworth, B. & Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Coleonyx switaki  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64038A12738943. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64038A12738943.en

Vernacular names

English: Switak’s Banded Gecko