Altiphylax_mintoni

<i>Altiphylax mintoni</i>

Altiphylax mintoni

Species of lizard

Altiphylax mintoni, also known commonly as Minton's thin-toed gecko or the plump swati gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, mintoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Sherman A. Minton.[2]

Geographic range

A. mintoni is found in northern Pakistan.[1]

Reproduction

A. mintoni is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Species Altiphylax mintoni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  2. [2]
    Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyrtopodion mintoni, p. 179).

Further reading

  • Golubev ML, Sczerbak NN (1981). "[A new species of the genus Gymnodactylus Spix, 1825 (Reptilia, Sauria, Gekkonidae) from Pakistan]". Vestnik Zoologii, Kiev 1981 (3): 40–45. (Gymnodactylus mintoni, new species). (in Russian).
  • Khan MS (2005). "An Overview of the Angular-toed geckos of Pakistan (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Gekko 4 (2): 20–30.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtopodion mintoni, new combination, p. 74). (in German).


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