Leviton's gecko
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Leviton's gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Altiphylax |
Species: | A. levitoni
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Binomial name | |
Altiphylax levitoni | |
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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).[3]
Geographic range
A. levitoni is found in north-eastern Afghanistan.[2]
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.
- ^ a b 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).
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