REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: EUBLEPHARIDAE: Coleonyx

Coleonyx switaki (Murphy, 1974)

Barefoot gecko

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Range: Southern Baja north to near Palm Springs; the islands off the Pacific and gulf coasts of Baja.

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Additional Comments: This elegant gecko was named for its discoverer, herpetologist Karl Switak.

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Literature:

Fritts, Thomas, H. Snell, and R. Martin. 1982. Anarbylus switaki Murphy: an addition to the herpetofauna of the United States with comments on relationships with Coleonyx. Journal of Herpetology 16(1):39-52.

Grismer, Lee. 1983. A reevaluation of he North American gekkonid genus Anarbylus Murphy and its cladistic relationships with Coleonyx. Herpetologica 39:394-399. 

Grismer, Lee and John Ottley. 1988. A preliminary analysis of geographic variation in Coleonyx switaki (Squamata: Eublepharidae) with a description of an insular subspecies. Herpetologica 44(2):143-154.

Murphy, Robert. 1974. A new genus and species of eublepharine gecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Baja California, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 40(4):87-92.