| Leviton's gecko | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Altiphylax |
| Species: | A. levitoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Altiphylax levitoni (Golubev & Szczerbak, 1979) | |
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Leviton's gecko (Altiphylax levitoni) is a species of 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 northeastern Afghanistan.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. levitoni is rocky areas of shrubland and forest, at altitudes of 1,800–2,300 m (5,900–7,500 ft), but it has also been found on buildings and rock walls in villages.
Reproduction
A. levitoni is oviparous.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Species Altiphylax levitoni 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. (Asiocolotes levitoni, p. 157).
Further reading
- Golubev ML, Szczerbak NN (1979). "". Dopovidi Akademiyi Nauk Ukrayins'koyi SSR, Seriya B, Heolohichni Khimichni ta Biolohichni Nauky 1979 (4): 307–312. (Tropiocolotes levitoni, new species). (in Russian).
- Jablonski, Daniel; Regan, John M.; Holzheuser, Chace; Farooqi, Javeed; Basit, Abdul; Masroor, Rafaqat (2019). "Additional data to the herpetofauna of Afghanistan". Herpetozoa 32: 177–193. (in English, with abstracts in Pashto and Dari Persian).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Tropiocolotes levitoni, p. 118). (in German).
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographas of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7. (Altiphylax levitoni, new combination).
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