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Coleonyx mitratus (PETERS, 1863)

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Higher TaxaEublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Central American Banded Gecko
G: Mittelamerikanischer Krallengecko 
SynonymBrachydactylus mitratus PETERS 1863: 42
Eublepharis dovii BOULENGER 1885: 233
Eublepharis dovii — GÜNTHER 1893
Coleonyx mitratus — SCHMIDT 1928: 194
Coleonyx mitratus — KLAUBER 1945: 199
Coleonyx mitratus — KLUGE 1993
Coleonyx mitratus — KÖHLER 2000: 45
Coleonyx mitratus — SEUFER et al. 2005
Coleonyx mitratus — MCCRANIE 2018
Coleonyx mitratus — MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA et al. 2024 
DistributionEl Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala

Type locality: “Costa Rica”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 4598 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A Coleonyx with tubercular scales scattered among the granules of the dorsum, thus differing from variegatus, brevis, and fasciatus. From elegans elegans and e. nemoralis it differs in having shorter scales sheath­ ing the daws; these are exposed in mitratus but concealed (or with only the tips showing) in elegans. Also, the first infralabials are quadrilateral in mitratus and triangular in elegans. Further, there is a longitudinal area of small scales back: of the nostril in elegans not present in mitratus [Klauber 1945: 200].


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CommentHabitat: Terrestrial, nocturnal species, found primarily on the forest floor.

Distribution: Not listed for Panama by KÖHLER (2000). Not in Panama fide Lotzkat (pers. comm. 23 Dec 2015).

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyThe name mitratus is Latin (wearing a headband) alluding to the pale crossband on the posterior portion of the head. 
References
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