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.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
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.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
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