
Blended and Banded
Banded geckos are abundant in the deserts, occupying a wide range of habitats. When protecting its territory against other males, or when captured, they emit a squeak or chirp.
Most geckos are small, usually nocturnal lizards of the family Gekkonidae, which contains about 80 genera and about 700 species. These reptiles usually have a soft skin, a short, stout body, large head, and limbs often equipped with suction-padded digits.
Banded geckos, genus Coleonyx, are now considered to be in the family Eublepharidae because of common differences between the eublepharids and gekkonids which set them apart from each other. Moveable eyelids and lack of expanded toepads are the most notable of the anatomical features which set Coleonyx and its allies apart from the "wall climbers such as Hemidactylus and gekko.

''Coleonyx variegatus'', the western banded gecko, is a species of gecko found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico . Five subspecies are recognized.
