| This
genus often known as gliding geckos is distributed in
Southeast Asia. It contains only six species.
Ptychozoon
horsfieldii (Gray, 1827)
Distribution:
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Myanmar,
Singapore and Thailand.
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Ptychozoon
intermedium Taylor, 1915
Distribution:
Philippines.
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Ptychozoon
kuhli Stejneger, 1902
Distribution:
India, Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Myanmar,
Singapore and Thailand.
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Ptychozoon
lionotum Annandale, 1905
Distribution:
India, Malaysia,
Myanmar
and Thailand.
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Ptychozoon
rhacophorus (Boulenger, 1899)
Distribution:
Malaysia. |
Ptychozoon
trinotaterra Brown, 1999
Distribution:
Thailand
and Vietnam. |
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| Online
Ressources |
| www.ptychozoon.ch |
| Literature |
Annandale, N. 1905. Notes on some oriental Geckos in the
Indian Museum, Calcutta, with descriptions of new forms.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., London, 7(15): 26-32. |
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Boulenger, G.A. 1899. Description of three new reptiles
and a new batrachian from Mt. Kina Balu, North Borneo.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., London, 7(4): 451-453. |
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Creveldt. 1809. Beschreibung einer neuen Eidechse aus
der GAttung der Geckonen. Mag. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin,
3: 266-274. |
| Essmann,
U. 1979. Foldgekkoen (Ptychozoon lionotum). NHF,
22(9): 224-228. |
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Gray, J.E. 1827. A Synopsis of the Genera of Saurian Reptiles
in which some new Genera are indicated, and the others
reviewed by actual Examination. Phil. Mag., 2(2): 54-58. |
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Hendershott, A.J. 1996. Locomotor Performance and Energetics
in the Flying Gecko (Ptychozoon kuhli). Unpubl.
master's thesis, Southeast Missouri State Univ., Springfield. |
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Heyer, R.W. & S. Pongsapipatana. 1970. Gliding speeds
of Ptychozoon lionatum (Reptilia: Geckonidae)
and Chrysopelea ornata (Reptilia: Colubridae).
Herpetologica, 26: 317-319. |
| Malm,
T. 1979. Om daggekkoer (Phelsuma) og andre regnskovslevende
gekkoøgler. NHF, 22(2): 57-60. |
| Manthey,
U. & W. Grossmann. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien
Südostasiens. Natur und Tier - Verlag, Münster,
512 pp. |
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Marcellini, D.L. & T.E. Keefer. 1976. Analysis of
gliding behavior in Ptychozoon lionatum (Reptilia:
Geckonidae). Herpetologica, 32: 362-366. |
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Pawar, S.S. & S. Biswas. 2001. First record of the
smooth-backed parachute gecko Ptychozoon lionotum
Annandale 1905 from the Indian Mainland. Asiatic Herpetol.
Res., 9: 101-106. |
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Pong, T.Y. 1974. Camouflage in the flying gecko, Ptychozoon
kuhli Stj. Malayan Nat. J., 28: 36-37. |
| Rösler,
H. 1995. Geckos der Welt. Alle Gattungen. Urania-Verlag,
Leipzig, Jena, Berlin, 256 pp. |
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Russell, A.P., L.D. Dijkstra & G.L. Powell. 2001.
Structural characteristics of the patagium of Ptychozoon
kuhli (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in relation to parachuting
locomotion. J. Morphol., 247: 252-263. |
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Stejneger, L. 1902. Ptychozoon kuhli, a new name
for P. homalocephalum. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.,
15: 37. |
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Vetter, R.S. & E.D. Brodie. 1977. Background color
selection and antipredator behavior of the flying gecko,
Ptychozoon kuhli. Herpetologica, 33: 464-467. |
| Young,
B.A., C.E. Lee & K.M. Daley. 2002. On a Flap and a
Foot: Aerial Locomotion in the "Flying" Gecko,
Ptychozoon kuhli. J. Herpetol., 36(3): 412-418. |
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