Banded gecko

Description:

Medium-sized lizard with protruding eyelids. Light tan with dark brown to black crossbands, most evident in juveniles, breaking up with age into blotches, spots, and variegations. Skin purple; dorsal scales uniformily granular. Preanal pores continuous across midline of males. Toes slender; no pads.

Habitat:

Rocky tracts, canyon walls, and sand dunes in desert and semiarid areas. Avoids the heat of day by hiding in rock crevices or under logs, fallen limbs, pr rubbish.