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(Redirected from Altiphylax levitoni) Species of lizard

Leviton's gecko
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Altiphylax
Species: A. levitoni
Binomial name
Altiphylax levitoni
(Golubev & Szczerbak, 1979)
Synonyms
  • Tropiocolotes levitoni
    Golubev & Szczerbak, 1979
  • Asiocolotes levitoni
    — Kluge, 1993
  • Altiphylax levitoni
    Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008

Leviton's gecko (Altiphylax levitoni) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, levitoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Alan E. Leviton (born 1930).

Geographic range

A. levitoni is found in north-eastern Afghanistan.

References

  1. Anderson, S.; Papenfuss, T. (2017). "Altiphylax levitoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178235A54485421. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178235A54485421.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Altiphylax levitoni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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. (Asiocolotes levitoni, p. 157).
Taxon identifiers
Altiphylax levitoni


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