Altiphylax stoliczkai

Altiphylax stoliczkai, also known commonly as the frontier bow-fingered gecko, the Baltistan gecko, and the Karakorum gecko is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Asia.

Altiphylax stoliczkai
From Pakistan.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Altiphylax
Species:	A. stoliczkai
Binomial name
Altiphylax stoliczkai (Steindachner, 1867)
Synonyms[2]
Gymnodactylus stoliczkai Steindachner, 1867 Cyrtodactylus stoliczkai — Underwood, 1954 Tenuidactylus stoliczkai — Szczerbak & Golubev, 1984 Gonydactylus stoliczkai — Kluge, 1991 Alsophylax boehmei Szczerbak, 1991 Mesiodactylus stoliczkai — M.S. Khan, 2000 Cyrtopodion stoliczkai — H. Rösler, 2000 Altigecko stoliczkai — M.S. Khan, 2003 Altiphylax stoliczkai — Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008

Etymology

The specific name, stoliczkai, is in honor of Moravian zoologist Ferdinand Stoliczka.^[3]

Geographic range

A. stoliczkai is found in India (Kashmir, Karoo/Dras, Ladakh) and western China.^[2]

The type locality given by Steindachner is "bei Karoo, nördlich von Dras, Kashmir ".^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. stoliczkai are desert, grassland, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 2,300–3,700 m (7,500–12,100 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

A. stoliczkai is oviparous.^[2]

Taxonomy

Most authorities, most recently Bauer et al. 2013, now consider Böhme's mountain gecko to be a subspecies of this species (A. s. boehmei).^[4]