Hello! Are you ready to learn about the western banded gecko! Great! The western banded gecko is a nocturnal lizard and it lives in the desert. It runs around in the night hunting for prey and enjoying the night sky. It lives in the desert regions of the southwestern United States, in the states of Arizona, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and Northern Mexico. This gecko likes sandy and rocky areas. It enjoys living in trees up to 5,000 feet also. The western banded gecko frequently digs into other animals burrows to eat insects and arthropods like spiders and baby scorpions. Its skin is a pale pink translucent color with brown bands and it can get up to 6 inches in length. Their bands turn into blotches as they grow older. Its eyelids are moveable and they have vertical pupils. Female western banded geckos breed in April and May and will lay 1 to 3 sets of two eggs between the months of May and September. It stores fat in its tail to last it through hard times. Do you think you are ready to take a test now? Go on and check your knowledge!