The western banded gecko, like other geckos, is nocturnal. It avoids the heat of the day by hiding under logs, debris and within moist rock crevices. Geckos frequent rodent burrows where they hunt insects, spiders, baby scorpions and other small arthropods. Prey is stalked to within an inch...
Coleonyx variegatus variegatus — Desert Banded Gecko Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona—May 14, 2000 These delicate little pastel-colored lizards seem too fragile to survive in the extreme heat and dryness of the southwestern U.S. deserts, but they get along just fine, thank you,...
Predation on the black-throated sparrow Amphispiza bilineata (Cassin, 1850) and scavenging behaviour on the western banded gecko Coleonyx variegatus (Baird, 1858) by the glossy snake Arizona elegans Kennicott, 1859Miguel A MartinezManuel De Luna...