#kuhl's flying gecko

[snototter]

Kuhl’s flying gecko (Gekko kuhli) in Perak, Malaysia

by Bernard Dupont

[colourgelliners]

you know I said I probably wouldn't draw again?

Have a kuhl's flying gecko character

I COULDN'T FIND MY FRICKIN RUBBER

[antiqueanimals]

Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis) ; Kuhl's flying gecko (Gekko kuhli)

Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. Written by Hans Hvass. Illustrated by Wilhelm Eigener. Originally published in 1958.

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[arthistoryanimalia]

Ernst Haeckel was born #OTD (16 Feb 1834 - 9 Aug 1919). Here are two of his Kunstformen der Natur (1904) reptile plates that don't get shared as often, along with keys to the species depicted: Plate 79 Lacertilia (lizards) + Plate 89 Chelonia (turtles).

Key to Plate 79: 1. Cameroon Sailfin Chameleon 2. Chameleon Forest Dragon 3. Flying Dragon 4. Texas Horned Lizard 5. Kuhl's Flying Gecko 6. Common Basilisk 7. Frill-necked Lizard 8. Thorny Devil - 1.Chamaeleon montium (Buchholz) = Trioceros montium/Chamaeleo montium Buchholz, 1874 (See Trioceros montium) 2. Lophyrus tigrinus (Duméril) = Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus Laurenti, 1768 (See Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus) 3. Draconellus volans (Linné) = Draco volans Linnaeus, 1758 (See Draco volans) 4. Phrynosoma cornutum (Wiegmann) = Phrynosoma cornutum (Harlan, 1825) (See Phrynosoma cornutum) 5. Ptychozoon homalocephalum (Kuhl) = Ptychozoon kuhli Stejneger, 1902 (See Ptychozoon kuhli) 6. Basiliscus americanus (Daudin) = Basiliscus basiliscus (Linnaeus, 1758) (See Basiliscus basiliscus) 7. Chlamydosaurus kingii (Gray) = Chlamydosaurus kingii Gray, 1827 (See Chlamydosaurus kingii) 8. Moloch horridus (Gray) = Moloch horridus Gray, 1841 (See Moloch horridus)

Key to Plate 89: 1: Leatherback Turtle 2: Hawksbill Turtle 3: Argentine Snake-necked Turtle 4: Mata Mata 5: Geometric Tortoise 6: Galápagos Tortoise 7: Common Snapping Turtle - 1. Dermatochelys coriacea (Blainville) = Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) 2. Caretta imbricata (Gray) = Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) 3. Hydromeda tectifera (Wagler) = Hydromedusa tectifera Cope, 1869 4. Chelys fimbriata (Duméril) = Geochelone nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) 5. Testudo geometrica (Linné) = Psammobates geometricus (Linnaeus, 1758) 6. Testudo elephantina (Duméril) = Dipsochelys dussumieri Gray, 1831 7. Chelydra serpentina (Schweigger) = Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

[lovingexotics]

Kuhl’s Flying Gecko Ptychozoon kuhli Source: Here

[doodleluvr103-blog]

JAN. 15th & 16th 

finished my little dragon based on a Kuhl’s Flying Gecko

[histsciart]

World Lizard Day!

Explore lizards in SciArt with a gallery of illustrations from digitized publications in Biodiversity Heritage Library. And if you need more of these wonderful reptiles, explore #BHLLizard in Flickr.

This illustration comes from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur (1904).

Figure 1 Haeckel: Chamaeleon montium Accepted: Trioceros montium Common: Cameroon Two-horned Mountain Chameleon Figure 2 Haeckel: Lophyrus tigrinus Accepted: Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus Common: Chameleon Forest Dragon Figure 3 Haeckel: Draconellus volans Accepted: Draco volans Common: Common Flyingdragon Figure 4 Haeckel: Phrynosoma cornutum Accepted: Phrynosoma cornutum Common: Texas Horned Lizard Figure 5 Haeckel: Ptychozoon homalocephalum Accepted: Ptychozoon kuhli Common: Kuhl's Flying Gecko Figure 6 Haeckel: Basiliscus americanus Accepted: Basiliscus basiliscus basiliscus Common: Basilisk Lizard Figure 7 Haeckel: Chlamydosaurus kingii Accepted: Chlamydosaurus kingii Common: Frilled Lizard Figure 8 Haeckel: Moloch horridus Accepted: Moloch horridus Common: Thorny Devil

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Studies from Dec/Jan. Link to references (photos are art too yo):

Broad-banded watersnake Common starling Pallid bat: 1 | 2 Capybara Ringtail cat & African civet Vicuna 1 | 2 | 3 (can’t find the source) Silky anteater (composite) 2-toed sloth Kuhl's flying gecko Banded bullfrog

[animalfacthub]

Flying Gecko!

Flying Gecko!

There are a few different species of flying gecko but this particular one is Kuhl’s flying gecko (Gekko kuhli)

They have elongated skin flaps on the side of their body, between their toes and a flattened tail

These adaptations allow it to glide over short distances 

The skin flaps along its body also help it blend in to trees to camouflage  

If you have read this far why not follow us @animalfacthub for daily animal facts and pics!

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📷1: “Ptychozoon kuhli (Kuala Lumpur).jpg” by Sundar on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

📷2: “Ptychozoon kuhli underside.jpg” by Dawson on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5.0)

📷3: “Ptychozoon kuhli dorsal view.jpg” by Sundar on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Australasian Journal of Herpetology 38:19-31.

Published 10 August 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.

RAYMOND T. HOSER

488 Park Road, Park Orchards, Victoria, 3134, Australia.

Phone: +61 3 9812 3322 Fax: 9812 3355 E-mail: snakeman (at) snakeman.com.au

Received 24 July 2018, Accepted 2 August 2018, Published 10 August 2018.

ABSTRACT

The genus Ptychozoon Kuhl and Van Hasselt, 1822 includes the so-called flying or gliding geckos of southeast

Asia. Molecular studies published over the past decade have indicated that the genus as currently

understood includes forms of significant divergence and greater species diversity than the current taxonomy

indicates (Brown et al. 2012, Pyron et al. 2013).

To correct the anomaly and in accordance with the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

the most morphologically divergent species are herein placed in two new genera. Ten new species within

Ptychozoon sensu lato are also formally named for the first time.

Keywords: Reptile; Taxonomy; Nomenclature; Ptychozoon; Pteropleura; kuhli; neotype; rhacophorus;

lionotum; horsfieldii; New genus; Alexteescolotes; Cliveevattcolotes; new species; teesi; steveteesi;

cliveevatti; sumatraensis; malayaensis; johorensis; engannoensis; sulawesiensis; borneoensis;

wallaceaensis.

[painted-bees]

actually...Speaking of wild geckos. The other night I came across this good child. It’s a Kuhl’s flying gecko. They glide!!  I just love the shape of the tail and webbed feets... This has got to be one of the coolest geckos I’ve met, yet! He was very skittish though, and made a daring escape moments after I snapped this photo. 

[biodivlibrary]

BHL Book Feature: Gecko Toes!

Gecko toes have fascinated herpetologists, physicists, and engineers for a long time. If you’ve ever had the occasion to watch them, you know that they can scurry along walls and even suspend themselves from ceilings with such ease! Duméril and Bibron shared in this fascination with detailed black-and-white illustrations of gecko toes byJean-Gabriel Prêtre. Here’s a close up from our featured illustration of a Lined Flat-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus lineatus).

So what is it about gecko toes that make them so sticky? Geckos have tiny hairs called “setae” on their toes that rely on van der Waals forces to create suction. With a multitude of these hairs acting together on the nanoscale level, geckos can stick and unstick seamlessly! Researchers have been studying this ability for applications in adhesives, particularly in space and in robots. 

Gecko toes vary widely in shape, size, and layout, which you can easily see in this plate which contains 8 different species. Here is the breakdown by figure.

FIGURE 1: Seychelles Bronze Gecko (Ailuronyx seychellensis) FIGURE 2: Blue-tailed Day Gecko (Phelsuma cepediana) FIGURE 3: White-spotted Wall Gecko (Tarentola annularis) FIGURE 4: Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko) FIGURE 5: Kuhl's Flying Gecko (Ptychozoon kuhli) FIGURE 6: New Caledonia Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus). FIGURE 7: Big Tree Gecko (Gehyra oceanica) FIGURE 8: Dakota's Leaf-toed Gecko (Hemidactylus triedrus)

This week we are featuring André Marie Constant Duméril & Gabriel Bibron, Erpétologie Générale, Vol. 3 Atlas (1854), the first comprehensive scientific description of reptiles and amphibians. Learn more about this foundational work on our blog, and explore more SciArt from the 120 plates in our Flickr album. Thanks to @smithsonianlibraries for contributing this series for digitization!

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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Volume 6: Reptiles. Written by Bernard Grzimek. 1984.

1.) Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)

2.) Peacock day gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)

3.) Auckland green gecko (Naultinus elegans)

4.) Kuhl's flying gecko (Ptychozoon kuhli)

5.) Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)

6.) Common wall gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)

7.) Day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis)

8.) Common flat-tail gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus)

[lovingexotics]

Kuhl’s Flying Gecko Ptychozoon kuhli Source: Here

[doodleluvr103-blog]

JAN. 15th

made up a little dragon based off a kuhl’s flying gecko. sort of. :P 

[libutron]

Kuhl's Flying Gecko - Ptychozoon kuhli

Also known as Gliding Gecko, and Kuhl’s Parachute Gecko, Ptychozoon kuhli (Gekkonidae) is a species native to southeast Asia. It is a medium-sized to large gecko, reaching up to 107.8 mm in length, characterized by having cutaneous folds on limbs and on sides of body; its digits are dilated and strongly webbed; and the tail is depressed and terminates in a broad flap, among other features.

As its common names suggest, Ptychozoon kuhli is known for its parachuting/gliding capabilities, utilizing its enlarged lateral body folds.

References: [1] - [2] - [3]

Photo credit: ©Bernard Dupont (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) | Locality: Tapah Hills, Perak, Malaysia (2013)