Chitral gecko

The Chitral gecko (Mediodactylus walli), also known commonly as the Chitral bow-foot gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Pakistan.

Chitral gecko
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Mediodactylus
Species:	M. walli
Binomial name
Mediodactylus walli (Ingoldby, 1922)
Synonyms[2]
Gymnodactylus walli Ingoldby, 1922 Cyrtodactylus walli — Kluge, 1993 Gonydactylus walli — Das, 1994 Cyrtopodion walli — Rösler, 2000 Tenuidactylus walli — Khan, 2003 Altiphylax walli — Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008 Mediodactylus walli — Bauer et al., 2013

Etymology

The specific name, walli, is in honor of British herpetologist Frank Wall.^[3]

Geographic range

M. walli is found in northwestern Pakistan. The type locality is "Chitral, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan".^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of M. walli are shrubland and rocky areas, at altitudes of 1,500–1,850 m (4,920–6,070 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

M. walli is oviparous.^[2]

References

1. Bowles, P. (2021). "Mediodactylus walli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178715A127898395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178715A127898395.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Species Mediodactylus walli at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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

• Auffenberg K, Krysko KL, Rehman H (2010). "Studies on Pakistan Lizards: Cyrtopodion baturense (Khan and Baig 1992) and Cyrtopodion walli (Ingoldby 1922) (Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Zootaxa 2636: 1–20.
• 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. (Mediodactylus walli, new combination).
• 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". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 28: 1051. (Gymnodactylus walli, new species).
• Khan MS (1992). "Validity of the mountain gecko, Gymnodactylus walli INGOLDBY 1922". Herpetological Journal 2 (4): 106–10.
• 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 walli).