Altiphylax stoliczkai facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Altiphylax stoliczkai
From Pakistan.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Altiphylax
Species:	stoliczkai
Synonyms
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 species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, stoliczkai, is in honor of Moravian zoologist Ferdinand Stoliczka.

Geographic range

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

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

Habitat

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

Reproduction

A. stoliczkai is oviparous.

Taxonomy

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