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

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

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.

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.

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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• Hemiphyllodactylus
• 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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