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I went to my favorite spot last night!

I found

1 Glossy Snake
3 Sidewinders
4 Desert Banded Gecko
1 Utah Banded Gecko

and a bunch of walkingsticks, scorps, and spiders.
I didn't even know there were Utah Banded Geckos there! lol

Glossy

Glossy

Baby Sidewinder

Adult Sidewinder

Utah Banded Gecko- Wider bands and spots in the bands. Keys out right? Map says that they dont come down this far south though. Range extension?

Desert Banded Gecko

^Sidewinder (Crotalus cerestes)

^Desert Stick Insect

^Desert Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus variegatus)

^Desert Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus variegatus)

^Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion
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3.3 Desert Banded Geckos (Coleonyx variegatus variegatus)
0.1 Tucson Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus bogerti)
0.0.1 Utah Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus utahensis)
1.1 Yucatan Banded Geckos (Coleonyx elegans)
1.1 Yucatan Banded Geckos "Striped" (Coleonyx elegans)
3.2 Norway Leopard Geckos (Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi)

Alex Dietrick~ Las Vegas NV
Coleonyx_Corral@yahoo.com

Here is a photo of a gecko that I found near Las Vegas last year. It looks very similar to yours. As you know, banded geckos are highly variable. In Utah banded geckos, the dark bands are wider than the light interspaces and have irregular edges. I'm not sure either of our geckos have edges that would qualify as "irregular."

I'm heading out to Vegas on Saturday and looking forward to some good herping.

Third Eye