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Western Banded Gecko
Coleonyx variegatus (Baird, 1859 “1858”)

Current SSAR Comments:
We have not recognized C. v. bogerti and C. v. utahensis, although Leavitt et al. (2020, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190: 181–226) did not explicitly unite them with C. v. variegatus.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Variegated Lizard (Stenodactylus variegatus: Cooper, James G. 1869. The fauna of California and its geographical distribution. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4():61-81); Variegated Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus: Van Denburgh, John. 1897. The reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An account of the species known to inhabit California, and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 5():9-236); San Diegan Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus abbotti: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Tucson Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus bogerti: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Utah Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus utahensis: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1859 Baird, Spencer F. Description of new genera and species of North American lizards in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. [1858] Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10():253-256

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