Altiphylax mintoni explained

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.^[1]

Geographic range

A. mintoni is found in northern Pakistan.^[2]

Reproduction

A. mintoni is oviparous.^[2]

Further reading

• Golubev ML, Sczerbak NN (1981). "[A new species of the genus ''Gymnodactylus'' [[Johann Baptist von Spix|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).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cyrtopodion mintoni, p. 179).
2. . www.reptile-database.org.