Coleonyx brevis

Coleonyx brevis is a rather fine gecko night and terrestrial of aspect, reaching 11 centimètres.
It is brown clear with darker spots, and transverse bands white-beige. The legs are clear, almost dew.

Geographical distribution

One finds this Espèce with the Texas and the New Mexico, like with the Mexico.

She saw in zones semi arid S.

Subspecies

No known subspecies to date.

Climatic parameters

This gecko lives in a rather dry climate (40 to 50% of relative humidity), with temperatures going of 25 with 35°C the day, and going down between 20 and 25°C the night.

During the winter the temperature falls of ten degrees the day, a little less the night.

Breeding in captivity

A Terrarium with a sand base a depth of approximately five centimetres is appropriate. Barks or sheets can be appropriate, over the sable.
Certain authors recommend to maintain a corner of wet terrarium (the remainder being relatively dry, about 40-50%).

Food

This species is insectivorous and consumes the majority of the Insecte S and others Arthropode S of adapted size.

Behavior

Maturity

Sexage

Reproduction

The reproduction begins at the exit from the winter.

Layings

The females at the same time lay two eggs.

Incubation

The small ones

See too

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Références :

Stejneger, L.H. 1893 Annotated list off the reptiles and batrachians collected by the Death Valley Forwarding in 1891, with descriptions off new species. North American Fauna, No 7:159 - 228
Stebbins, R.C. 1985 have Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ED. Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Smith, Hobart Mr. 1933 One the relationships off the lizards Coleonyx brevis and Coleonyx variegatus Transactions off the Kansas Academy off Science 36:301 - 314
Schmidt, Walter 1994 Coleonyx brevis Stejneger, 1893 Dactylus 2 (4): 130-131
Schmidt, Karl P. 1953 has off Checklist North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th ED. American Society off Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Chicago, 280 pp.
Rösler, H. 2000 Kommentierte Liste DER rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2:28 - 153
Dixon, James R. 1970 Coleonyx brevis. Catalog off American Amphibians and Reptiles (88): 1-2
Conant, R. & Hakes, J.T. 1991 off have Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ED. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
Atlas of the terrariophile Vol.3: the lizards . Animalia Editions, 2003. ISBN 2-9517895-2-1

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