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Coleonyx reticulatus DAVIS & DIXON, 1958

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Higher TaxaEublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Reticulate Banded Gecko
G: Genetzter Wüstengecko, Genetzter Krallengecko
S: Geco Reticulado 
SynonymColeonyx reticulatus DAVIS & DIXON 1958: 151
Coleonyx reticulatus — WERMUTH 1965: 19
Coleonyx reticulatus — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 88
Coleonyx reticulatus — KLUGE 1993
Coleonyx reticulatus — RÖSLER 2000: 63
Coleonyx reticulatus — SEUFER et al. 2005 
DistributionUSA (Texas),
Mexico (Coahuila)

Type locality: Black Gap (elevation: 2500 feet), 50 mi. SSE of Marathon, Brewster County, Texas.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: TCWC (Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Coleonyx reticulatus is a large gecko (snout-vent length 84 mm, tail 58 mm regenerated) with 13 irregular longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles. There are 24 lamellae beneath the fourth finger and 31 beneath the fourth toe, and only the tips of the claws extend beyond the sheath scales. The dorsum has a profusion of small dark spots and reticulations on a light tan ground color.
These characters, except for the color, distinguish C. reticulatus from all other species of Coleonyx. Coleonyx elegans and C. mitratus have 19 to 23 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles, 18 to 20 fourth toe lamellae, and 14 to 17 fourth finger lamellae. Enlarged dorsal tubercles are absent in the much smaller species C. brevis and C. variegatus [Dixon 1970]. 
Comment 
EtymologyFrom the Latin reticulatus, made like a net. In reference to the net-like dorsal pattern. 
References
  • Bartlett, R. D. & Bartlett, P. 1999. A Field Guide to Texas Reptiles and Amphibians. Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, Texas, 331 pp.
  • Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
  • Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2012. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. Herpetological Circular 39: 1-92
  • Davis, W. B., and J. R. Dixon. 1958. A new Coleonyx from Texas. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 71:149-152 - get paper here
  • Dixon, James R. 1970. Coleonyx reticulatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (89): 1 - get paper here
  • Dixon, James R. 2000. Amphibians and reptiles of Texas, second edition. Texas A&M University Press, 421 pp.
  • Easterla, D.A. & R.C. Reynolds 1975. Additional Records and Ecological Notes on the Reticulated Gecko, Coleonyx reticulatus (Davis and Dixon), from the Southern Trans-Pecos of Southwestern Texas Journal of Herpetology 9 (2): 233-236. - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L. 1988. Phylogeny, taxonomy, classification, and biogeography of eublepharid geckos. in Estes, R., & Pregill, G., eds., Phylogenetic relationships of the lizard families: essays commemorating Charles L. Camp (Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford): 369-469.
  • Jones, L.L. & Lovich, R.E. 2009. Lizards of the American Southwest. A photographic field guide. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ, 568 pp. [review in Reptilia 86: 84] - get paper here
  • Lazcano D, Nevárez-de los Reyes M, García-Padilla E, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, DeSantis DL, Wilson LD. 2019. The herpetofauna of Coahuila, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [General Section]: 31–94 (e189) - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, Herbert 2017. Gecko-Chorologie (Squamata: Gekkota). Gekkota (4): 1-160
  • Seifert, W. & R.W. Murphy 1972. Additional Specimens of Coleonyx reticulatus (Davis and Dixon) from the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Texas Herpetologica 28 (1): 24-26. - get paper here
  • Seufer, H.; Y. Kaverkin & A. Kirschner (eds.) 2005. Die Lidgeckos. Kirschner und Seufer Verlag, 238 pp.
  • Wermuth, H. 1965. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae. Das Tierreich (80): 1—246
 
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