Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini explained

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. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

Notes and References

1. 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
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