#1746 · 🦎 reptiles
Western Banded Gecko
🇳🇱 Gebandeerde gekko ·Coleonyx variegatus
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what is it?
Coleonyx variegatus , the western banded gecko , is a species of gecko found in the southwestern United States (southern California, southwest New Mexico, southern Arizona, Utah, Nevada) and northern Mexico (Sonora, northwest Baja California). Five subspecies are recognized.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 6,357 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1858 (168 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Western Banded Gecko
- Nederlands
- Gebandeerde gekko
- scientific name
- Coleonyx variegatus
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Eublepharidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 6,357
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1858 by Spencer Fullerton Baird
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 33387, Wikidata Q1815083, GBIF 2447244, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.