Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini
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Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Hemiphyllodactylus |
Species: | H. ngwelwini
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Binomial name | |
Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini |
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
- ^ Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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
- ^ 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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- Reptiles described in 2020
- Reptiles of Myanmar
- Endemic fauna of Myanmar
- Taxa named by Larry Lee Grismer
- Taxa named by Perry L. Wood
- Taxa named by Evan Quah
- Taxa named by Myint Kyaw Thura
- Taxa named by Jamie R. Oaks
- Taxa named by Aung Lin
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