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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
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.

Geographic range

A. mintoni is found in northern Pakistan.

Reproduction

A. mintoni is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Species Altiphylax mintoni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
2. 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).

Further reading

• Golubev ML, Sczerbak NN (1981). "". 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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