Definition of Genus Coleonyx

1. Noun. Banded geckos.

Exact synonyms: Coleonyx
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Gekkonidae, Gekkonidae
Member holonyms: Banded Gecko

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Coleonyx

genus Coccus
genus Coccyzus
genus Cochlearia
genus Cochlearius
genus Cocos
genus Codariocalyx
genus Codiaeum
genus Coeloglossum
genus Coelogyne
genus Coelophysis
genus Coereba
genus Coffea
genus Cola
genus Colaptes
genus Colchicum
genus Coleonyx (current term)
genus Coleus
genus Colinus
genus Collinsia
genus Collinsonia
genus Collocalia
genus Colobus
genus Colocasia
genus Coluber
genus Colubrina
genus Columba
genus Columnea
genus Colutea
genus Comandra
genus Comatula

Literary usage of Genus Coleonyx

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"... which are completely hidden between two large, half oblong scales, which have a narrow one between the base of the upper edge. Genus COLEONYX. Fam. ..."

2. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"The geckoes of the genus Coleonyx with descriptions of new subspecies. Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 10(11): 133-216. Mertens, R. 1952. ..."

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