Chitral gecko
| Chitral gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Mediodactylus |
| Species: | M. walli
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| Binomial name | |
| Mediodactylus walli (Ingoldby, 1922)
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The Chitral gecko (Mediodactylus walli) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Pakistan.
Etymology
The specific name, walli, is in honor of British herpetologist Frank Wall.[2]
Geographic range
It is found in northwestern Pakistan. The type locality is "Chitral, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan".[1]
References
- ^ a b "Mediodactylus walli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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. (Cyrtopodion walli, p. 279).
Further reading
- Das I (1994). "The reptiles of South Asia: checklist and distributional summary". Hamadryad 19: 15-40.
- Ingoldby CM (1922). "A new stone gecko from the Himalaya". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 28: 1051. (Gymnodactylus walli, new species).
- Khan MS (1992). "Validity of the mountain gecko, Gymnodactylus walli INGOLDBY 1922". Herpetol. J. 2 (4): 106-109.
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