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Altiphylax stoliczkai

Altiphylax stoliczkai
From Pakistan.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Altiphylax
Species:	A. stoliczkai
Binomial name
Altiphylax stoliczkai (Steindachner, 1867)
Synonyms[2]
Gymnodactylus stoliczkai Steindachner, 1867 Cyrtodactylus stoliczkai — Underwood, 1954 Tenuidactylus stoliczkai — Szczerbak & Golubev, 1984 Gonydactylus stoliczkai — Kluge, 1991 Alsophylax boehmei Szczerbak, 1991 Mesiodactylus stoliczkai — M.S. Khan, 2000 Cyrtopodion stoliczkai — H. Rösler, 2000 Altigecko stoliczkai — M.S. Khan, 2003 Altiphylax stoliczkai — Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008

Altiphylax stoliczkai, also known commonly as the frontier bow-fingered gecko, the Baltistan gecko, and the Karakorum gecko is a speciesoflizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemictoSouth Asia.

Etymology[edit]

The specific name, stoliczkai, is in honor of Moravian zoologist Ferdinand Stoliczka.^[3]

Geographic range[edit]

A. stoliczkai is found in India (Kashmir, Karoo/Dras, Ladakh) and western China.^[2]

The type locality given by Steindachner is "bei Karoo, nördlich von Dras, Kashmir ".^[2]

Habitat[edit]

The preferred natural habitatsofA. stoliczkai are desert, grassland, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 2,300–3,700 m (7,500–12,100 ft).^[1]

Reproduction[edit]

A. stoliczkaiisoviparous.^[2]

Taxonomy[edit]

Most authorities, most recently Bauer et al. 2013, now consider Böhme's mountain gecko to be a subspecies of this species (A. s. boehmei).^[4]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Shcherbak NN (1991). "Eine neue Gecko-Art aus Pakistan: Alsophylax (Alsophylax) boehmei sp. nov." Salamandra 27 (1): 53-57. (in German).
• Shcherbak NN, Golubev ML (1996). Gecko fauna of the USSR and contiguous regions. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles). (English translation of Russian original published in 1986).
• Anderson J (1872). "On some Persian, Himalayan, and other Reptiles". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1872: 371-404.
• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. ("Gymnodactylus stoliczkæ [sic]", pp. 30–31).
• Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. ("Gymnodactylus stoliczkæ [sic]", pp. 63–64).
• Ingoldby CM (1922). "A new stone gecko from the Himalaya". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 28: 1051. (Gymnodactylus walli, new species).
• Khan MS, Rösler H (2000). "Redescription and generic redesignation of the Ladakhian gecko Gymnodactylus stoliczkai Steindachner, 1969 [1867]". Asiatic Herpetological Research 8 [1999]: 60-68.
• Khan MS (2000). "Redescription and generic redesignation of Gymnodactylus stoliczkai Steindachner, 1867". Pakistan J. Zool. 32 (2): 157.
• Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Gymnodactylus stoliczkai, pp. 57–58).
• Steindachner F (1867). "Reptilien ". pp. 1–98. In: von Wüllerstorf-Urbair B (1867) ["1869" on title page]. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair (Zoologie), [Vol. 1, part 3]. Vienna: K. Gerold's Sohn/Kaiserlich-Königl. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. (Gymnodactylus stoliczkai, new species, pp. 15–16). (in German).

External links[edit]

• Altiphylax stoliczkai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database