Etymology
The specific name, ''walli'', is in honor of British herpetologist Frank Wall.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cyrtopodion walli'', p. 279).Geographic range
''M. walli'' is found in northwestern Pakistan. The type locality is "Chitral, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan".Habitat
The preferred naturalReproduction
''M. walli'' is oviparous.References
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. . (''Altiphylax walli)''. Mediodactylus Reptiles of Pakistan Reptiles described in 1922 {{Gekkonidae-stub