Biology:Altiphylax mintoni
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Short description: Species of lizard
Altiphylax mintoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Altiphylax |
Species: | A. mintoni
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Binomial name | |
Altiphylax mintoni (Golubev & Szczerbak, 1981)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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.
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Species Altiphylax mintoni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
Wikidata ☰ Q3009459 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altiphylax mintoni.
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