Altiphylax mintoni

Altiphylax mintoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Altiphylax
Species:	A. mintoni
Binomial name
	Altiphylax mintoni; (Golubev & Szczerbak, 1981)
Synonyms[1]
	Gymnodactylus mintoni ; Golubev & Szczerbak, 1981; Tenuidactylus mintoni ; — Szczerbak & Golubev, 1984; Gonydactylus mintoni ; — Kluge, 1991; Cyrtodactylus mintoni ; — Kluge, 1993; Cyrtopodion mintoni ; — Rösler, 2000; Siwaligekko mintoni ; — Khan, 2003; Altiphylax mintoni ; — Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008;

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]

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

A. mintoni is oviparous.[1]

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).

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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