Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini

Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemiphyllodactylus
Species:
H. ngwelwini
Binomial name
Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini
Grismer, Wood, Quah, Thura, Oaks, & Lin, 2020

Ngwe Lwin's slender gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to Myanmar.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, ngwelwini, is in honor of Ngwe Lwin, Northern Programme Manager of Fauna & Flora International, Myanmar Programme for his supportive and invaluably instrumental in facilitating herpetological field surveys in Myanmar. [2]

Geographic range

This species is known from three localities across a distance of approximately 29 km from Pwe Hla Village in the north to the Thayeumin and Myintmahati caves in the south, Shan State. [3]


References

  1. ^ Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. ^ L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR. , EVAN S. H. QUAH1, MYINT KYAW THURA, JAMIE R. OAKS & AUNG LIN 2020. Four new Burmese species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from distantly related parapatric clades from the Shan Plateau and Salween Basin; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4758.1.2
  3. ^ L. LEE GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR. , EVAN S. H. QUAH1, MYINT KYAW THURA, JAMIE R. OAKS & AUNG LIN 2020. Four new Burmese species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from distantly related parapatric clades from the Shan Plateau and Salween Basin; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4758.1.2



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