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Altiphylax tokobajevi

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| image = Altiphylax tokobajevi.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Nazarov, R. |author2=Böhm, M. |author3=Dewhurst, N. |date=2017 |title=Altiphylax tokobajevi |volume=2017 |page=e.T174110A47755423 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T174110A47755423.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Altiphylax

| species = tokobajevi

| authority = (Jeremčenko & Szczerbak, 1984)

| synonyms = * Alsophylax tokobajevi {{small|Jeremčenko & Szczerbak, 1984}}

  • Alsophylax (Altiphylax) tokobajevi {{small|— Rösler, 2000}}

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Altiphylax tokobajevi, also known commonly as the Kirghizia even-fingered gecko, the Tien Shan even-fingered gecko, and the Tjan-Shan pygmy gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, tokobajevi, is in honor of Marat M. Tokobaev (born 1932), who is an entomologist and parasitologist.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}}. (Alsophylax tokobajevi, p. 266).

Geographic range

A. tokobajevi is found in Kyrgyzstan.{{EMBL species|genus=Altiphylax|species=tokobajevi}} www.reptile-database.org

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. tokobajevi is shrubland, at altitudes of {{convert|1,800|–|2,500|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

A. tokobajevi is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • 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.
  • Jeremčenko VK, Szczerbak NN (1984). "[New gecko lizard species (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Tien-Shan]". Vestnik Zoologii, Kiev 1984 (2): 46–50. (Alsophylax tokobajevi, new species). (in Russian).
  • Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. {{ISBN|978-88-89504-14-7}}. (Altiphylax tokobajevi, new combination).

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Category:Altiphylax

Category:Reptiles described in 1984

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