Baltistan gecko
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.
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Range & habitat
A. stoliczkai is found in India (Kashmir, Karoo/Dras, Ladakh) and western China. The type locality given by Steindachner is "bei Karoo, nördlich von Dras, Kashmir ".
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, stoliczkai, is in honor of Moravian zoologist Ferdinand Stoliczka.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 318607.