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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Smooth-backed Gliding Gecko, Burmese Flying Gecko, Burmese Parachute Gecko
G: Birma-Faltengecko 
SynonymPtychozoon homalocephalum var. lionotum ANNANDALE 1905
Ptychozoon lionatum [sic] — TAYLOR 1963: 807
Ptychozoon lionatum — HEYER & PONGSAPIPATANA 1970
Ptychozoon lionotum — KLUGE 1993
Ptychozoon lionotum — RÖSLER 1995: 150
Ptychozoon lionotum — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 247
Ptychozoon lionotum — COX et al. 1998: 81
Ptychozoon lionotum — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 132
Ptychozoon lionatum [sic] — GRISMER et al. 2007
Ptychozoon lionotum — RÖSLER 2018: 10
Ptychozoon lionotum — GRISMER et al. 2019: 186
Gekko (Ptychozoon) lionotum — WOOD et al. 2019
Gekko (Ptychozoon) lionotum — WOOD et al. 2020 
DistributionS Myanmar (= Burma); NE Laos, India (Mizoram), Bangladesh

Type locality: Pegu [administrative district, Myanmar (= Burma)]. Restricted to Hpa Lon, Taikkyi Township, Yangon (north) District, Yangon Division, Myanmar (17.44552°N 95.91485°E, 20 m in elevation, by Grismer et al. 2019: 186 and Fig. 1.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntype: ZSI 2601–02 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Ptychozoon lionotum differs from all other species of Ptychozoon by having the following unique combination of characters: a maximum SVL of 95.9 mm; supranasals not in contact; 7–9 supralabials; 9–11 infral- abials; infra-auricular cutaneous flap present; absent to weak supra-auricular ridge; no dorsal or caudal tubercles; imbricate parachute support scales on dorsal surface of patagia; no prominently raised ridges on ventral surface of patagia; 73–81 midbody dorsal scales; 35–38 ventral scales; an emargination between the pre-antebrachial flap and digit I; no enlarged femoral scales; 20–22 pore-bearing precloacal scales in males; 23 or 24 enlarged precloa- cal scales; five rows of enlarged post-precloacal scales; 16 or 17 transverse subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe; slightly enlarged dorsal caudal scales forming intermittent whorls weak to absent; approximately 29–34 scales across the widest portion of the caudal flap; distal lobes fusing to form a short, narrow, caudal flap; edges of caudal flap smooth; caudal lobes angled posteriorly; caudal lobes showing minimal posterior reduction in size; postorbital striping variable; four dark body bands between limb insertions; and irregularly shaped, white, vertebral markings (Tables 4, 5, 9, Grismer et al. 2019). 
CommentDistribution: populations from Thailand (Ramri, Phang Nga), Vietnam, Cambodia, West Malaysia (Johor: Pulau Sibu) have been split off as other species. See Grismer et al. 2019 for details. 
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