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Mediodactylus brachykolon (KRYSKO, REHMAN & AUFFENBERG, 2007)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Short-limbed bend-toed gecko 
SynonymCyrtopodion brachykolon KRYSKO, REHMAN & AUFFENBERG 2007
Altigekko brachykolon — KHAN 2008
Mediodactylus brachikolon [sic] — NAZAROV et al. 2011 
DistributionPakistan (Northwest Frontier Province)

Type locality: 3 km W Marghazar, Swat District, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan (34° 37’ N, 72°20’ E), 1700 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: UF 81322, female 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyThe Greek “brachy” (short) and Greek kolon (limb) (neuter) is used to form the composite noun brachykolon (short limb), which is applied in apposition to the generic name. 
References
  • BAUER, AARON M.; RAFAQAT MASROOR, JAMES TITUS-MCQUILLAN, MATTHEW P. HEINICKE,, JUAN D. DAZA & TODD R. JACKMAN 2013. A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 3599 (4): 301–324 - get paper here
  • Khan, M.S. 2008. Review of the morphology, ecology, and distribution of geckos of the genus Cyrtopodion, with a note on generic placement of Cyrtopodion brachykolon Krysko et. al., 2007. Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences 6: 79–86
  • Krysko, K. L.; Rehman, H. & Auffenberg, K. 2007. A new species of Cyrtopodion (Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) from Pakistan. Herpetologica 63 (1): 100-113 - get paper here
  • Masroor, R. 2008. A new species of Cyrtopodion (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the northern areas of Pakistan. Zootaxa 1857: 33-43 - get paper here
  • Nazarov, Roman A., Natalia B. Ananjeva and J. Theodore Papenfuss. 2011. A new species of thin-toes geckos Cyrtopodion sensu lato (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Balochistan Province, South Pakistan. Russ. J. Herpetol. 18 (2): 130-137
  • Nazarov, Roman A.;Dmitry А. Bondarenko, Mehdi Radjabizadeh 2012. A New Species of Thin-Toed Geckos Cyrtopodion sensu lato (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Hormozgan Province, South Iran. Russ. J. Herpetol. 19 (4): 292-298 - get paper here
 
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