Ptychozoon
Ptychozoon was a genus of arboreal geckos, endemic to Southeast Asia, known commonly as flying geckos, gliding geckos, or parachute geckos. They all are now placed in the genus Gekko in the family Gekkonidae. The biogeographic history of the genus Ptychozoon was deeply nested within that of the genus Gekko, the center of diversity of which is within Southeast Asia. Since dispersing into Southeast Asian rainforests, Pytochozoon, like other forest-dwelling vertebrates, adapted to facilitate gliding. All...
12 branches of this group, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Cambodian Flying Gecko
speciesGekko tokehos
Kuhl's Flying Gecko
speciesGekko kuhli
Horsfield's Flying Gecko
speciesGekko horsfieldii
Malaysia Parachute Gecko
speciesGekko cicakterbang
Banna Parachute Gecko
speciesGekko bannaense
Kaeng Krachan Flying Gecko
speciesGekko kaengkrachanense
Three-banded Flying Gecko
speciesGekko trinotaterra
Mount Popa Gliding Gecko
speciesGekko popaense
Smooth-backed Gliding Gecko
speciesGekko lionotum
Intermediate Flying Gecko
speciesGekko intermedium
Laotian Gliding Gecko
speciesGekko kabkaebin
Nicobar Gliding Gecko
speciesGekko nicobarensis
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1676780.