Gekko (Ptychozoon)

Gekko kuhli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Subgenus: Gekko (Ptychozoon)
Species (14): G. (P.) bannaensis – G. (P.) cicakterbang – G. (P.) horsfieldii – G. (P.) intermedium – G. (P.) kabkaebin – G. (P.) kaengkrachanensis – G. (P.) kuhli – G. (P.) lionotum – G. (P.) mizoramensis – G. (P.) nicobarensis – G. (P.) popaensis – G. (P.) septentrionalis – G. (P.) tokehos – G. (P.) trinotaterra

Name

Gekko (Ptychozoon) Kuhl, 1824: 82

• Type species: Lacerta homalocephala Creveldt, 1809, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Ptychozoon Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1822: 475 [nomen nudum]

References

Primary references

• Kuhl, H. & van Hasselt, J.C. 1822. Aus einem Schreiben von Dr. Kuhl und Dr. van Hasselt auf Java an Professor Th. van Swideren zu Gröningen. Isis von Oken 6: 472–476. BHL
• Kuhl, H. 1824. Sur les reptiles de Java. Extraitd’une lettre adressée de Java en Hollande, par M.Kuhl, datée de Pjihorjavor au pied du Pangerango, le 18 juillet 1821. Bulletin des sciences naturelles et de géologie. Deuxième section du Bulletin universel des sciences et de l'industrie 2: 79–83. BHL

Additional references

• Hoser, R.T. 2018. A revised taxonomy of the gecko genus Ptychozoon Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822, including the formal erection of two new genera to accommodate the most divergent taxa and description of ten new species. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 38: 19-31. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Klaver, C. 2007. On the status and date of publication of the generic name Ptychozoon (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Bibliotheca Herpetologica 7(1): 7–11.
• Brown, R.M. et al. 2012. Phylogeny and cryptic diversification in Southeast Asian flying geckos. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 65 (2): 351–361. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.06.009
• Sumontha, M., Pauwels, O.S.G., Kunya, K., Limlikhitaksorn, C., Ruksue, S., Taokratok, A., Ansermet, M. & Chanhome, L. 2012. A new species of parachute gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: genus Ptychozoon) from Kaeng Krachan National Park, western Thailand. Zootaxa 3513: 68–78. Preview. . Reference page. 
• Wang, Y-Y., Wang, J. & Liu, Z-Y. 2016. Description of a new species of the genus Ptychozoon (Squamata: Gekkonidae), representing a new national record of this genus from southern Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 4084(3): 406–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.3.6.Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Grismer, L.L., Wood. Jr., P.L., Grismer, J.L., Quah, E.S.H., Thy, N., Phimmachak, S., Sivongxay, N., Seateun, S., Stuart, B.L., Siler, C.D., Mulcahy, D.G., Anamza, T. & Brown, R.M. 2019. Geographic structure of genetic variation in the Parachute Gecko Ptychozoon lionotum Annandale, 1905 across Indochina and Sundaland with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 4638(2): 151–198. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.2.1. Reference page. 
• Wood Jr., P.L., Guo, X.-G., Travers, S.L., Su, Y.-C., Olson, K.V., Bauer, A.M., Grismer, L.L., Siler, C.D., Moyle, R.G., Andersen, M.J. & Brown, R.M. 2020. Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106731. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106731 Reference page. 
• Lalremsanga, H.T., Muansanga, L., Vabeiryureilai, M. & Mirza, Z.A. 2023. A new species of Parachute Gecko of the subgenus Ptychozoon (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Gekko) from the Indo-Burma region. Salamandra 59(2): 125–135. PDF Reference page. 
• Xun, H., Mu, H.-N., Zeng, X.-L., Li, L., Duan, Z.-P., Shu, S.-Q., Zuo, C.-S., Gao, W., Wang, K. & Che, J. 2025. A New Species of Gekko (Ptychozoon) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southwest China, with an Expanded Morphological Description of Gekko bannaensis. Herpetologica 81(3): 291–302. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-24-00032 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Flying Geckos
• ไทย: ตุ๊กแกบิน
• 中文: 飞行壁虎属

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