Altiphylax mintoni, also known commonly as Minton's thin-toed gecko or the plump swati gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Pakistan.
Etymology The specific name, mintoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Sherman A. Minton.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cyrtopodion mintoni, p. 179).
Geographic range Altiphylax mintoni is found in northern Pakistan.. www.reptile-database.org.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Altiphylax mintoni is rocky areas of forest, at elevations around .
Reproduction Altiphylax mintoni is oviparous.
References
Further reading Golubev ML, Sczerbak NN (1981). "[A new species of the genus Gymnodactylus Spix, 1825 (Reptilia, Sauria, Gekkonidae) from Pakistan]". Vestnik Zoologii, Kiev 1981 (3): 40–45. (Gymnodactylus mintoni, new species). (in Russian). Khan MS (2005). "An Overview of the Angular-toed geckos of Pakistan (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Gekko 4 (2): 20–30. Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Cyrtopodion mintoni, new combination, p. 74). (in German). 580 pp.