Altiphylax stoliczkai
# 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.

## Etymology

The specific name, stoliczkai, is in honor of Moravian zoologist Ferdinand Stoliczka.

## Geographic range

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 ".

## Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. stoliczkai are desert, grassland, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 2,300–3,700 m (7,500–12,100 ft).

## Reproduction

A. stoliczkai is oviparous.

## Taxonomy

Most authorities, most recently Bauer et al. 2013, now consider Böhme's mountain gecko to be a subspecies of this species (A. s. boehmei).

