Böhme's mountain gecko
| Böhme's mountain gecko | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Alsophylax |
| Species: | A. boehmei |
| Binomial name | |
| Alsophylax boehmei Shcherbak, 1991 | |
| Synonyms | |
Böhme's mountain gecko, Alsophylax boehmei, is a species of gekkonid lizard endemic to South Asia.
Etymology
Both the specific name, boehmei, and the common name, Böhme's mountain gecko, are in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme.[2]
Geographic range
A. boehmei is found in Pakistan (Ladakh Skardu) and India.
Its type locality is Skardu/Karakoram, Ladak, northeast Pakistan.
Taxonomy
Some authorities, most recently Bauer et al. 2013, consider this species to be a synonym of Altiphylax stoliczkai.[3]
References
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Alsophylax boehmei, p. 30).
- ↑ Bauer AM, Masroor R, Titus-McQuillan J, Heinicke MP, Daza JD, Jackman TR. 2013. "A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications". Zootaxa 3599 (4): 301-324.
Further reading
- Shcherbak NN. 1991. "Eine neue Gecko-Art aus Pakistan: Alsophylax (Alsophylax) boehmei sp. nov." Salamandra 27 (1): 53-57.
- Shcherbak NN, Golubev ML. 1996. Gecko fauna of the USSR and contiguous regions. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles). [Russian original published in 1986].
External links
Data related to Alsophylax boehmei at Wikispecies
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