Ptychozoon popaense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Ptychozoon
Species: Ptychozoon popaense

Name

Ptychozoon popaense Grismer, Wood, Thura, Grismer, Brown & Stuart, 2018: 208

Holotype: LSUHC 13508, adult ♂, collected by Myint Kyaw Thura on 27 May 2017.

Type locality: “Yay Su camp, 16 km northeast of Kyauk-pa-taung Town, Kyauk-pa-taung Township, Mt. Popa, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (20.88331°N, 95.26638°E, 629 m above sea level)”.

References

Primary references

• Grismer, L.L., Wood, Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Grismer, M.S., Brown, R.M. & Stuart, B.L. 2018. Geographically structured genetic variation in Ptychozoon lionotum (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and a new species from an isolated volcano in Myanmar. Zootaxa 4514(2): 202–214. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.2.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Ptychozoon popaense. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 July 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Mt. Popa Parachute Gecko