Leviton's gecko

Leviton's gecko (Altiphylax levitoni) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Leviton's gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Altiphylax
Species:
A. levitoni
Binomial name
Altiphylax levitoni
(Golubev & Szczerbak, 1979)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tropiocolotes levitoni
    Golubev & Szczerbak, 1979
  • Asiocolotes levitoni
    — Kluge, 1993
  • Altiphylax levitoni
    Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008

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
  1. 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.
  2. Species Altiphylax levitoni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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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