Altiphylax levitoni (GOLUBEV & SZCZERBAK, 1979)

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Leviton's Gecko
Synonym	Tropiocolotes levitoni GOLUBEV & SZCZERBAK 1979 Asiocolotes levitoni — KLUGE 1993 Tropiocolotes (Asiocolotes) depressus SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV 1996 Tropiocolotes (Asiocolotes) levitoni — RÖSLER 2000: 118 Altiphylax levitoni — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 Altiphylax levitoni — BAUER et al. 2013
Distribution	NE Afghanistan
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CAS 120283
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	The species name honours Professor Alan E. Leviton, American herpetologist, for his great contribution to herpetology in the Middle East.
References	Agarwal, I., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R. & Karanth, P. 2014. Cryptic species and Miocene diversification of Palaearctic naked-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Indian dry zone. Zoologica Scripta DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12062 - get paper here 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 Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Golubev M L; Shcherbak N N [= Szczerbak] 1979. New species of the Tropiocolotes Peters, 1880 genus (Reptilia, Sauria, Gekkonidae) from Afghanistan [in Russian]. DOPOVIDI AKADEMIYI NAUK UKRAYINS'KOYI RSR SERIYA B HEOLOHICHNI KHIMICHNI TA BIOLOHICHNI NAUKY 1979(4) 1979: 307-310 (pp. 309-312 fide KLUGE 1993) Jablonski D, Regan JM, Holzheuser C, Farooqi J, Basit A, Masroor R 2019. Additional data to the herpetofauna of Afghanistan. Herpetozoa 32: 177-193 - get paper here Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Shcherbak, N. N. [= Szczerbak], and M. L. Golubev 1996. Gecko fauna of the USSR and contiguous regions. SSAR [Russian original published in 1986]. [book review in Salamandra 36 (2): 138] Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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