Dixonius
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| Dixonius | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Subfamily: | Gekkoninae |
| Genus: | Dixonius Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997[1][2] |

Dixonius is a genus of Asian geckos, commonly known as leaf-toed geckos.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The generic name, Dixonius, is in honor of American herpetologist James R. Dixon.[3]
Species
[edit | edit source]There are fifteen species that are recognized as being valid.[2][4][5]
| Species | Authority | Common name | Geographic range |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. aaronbaueri | V. Ngo & Ziegler, 2009 | Bauer's leaf-toed gecko[3] | Vietnam, Cambodia and Northeastern Thailand |
| D. chotjuckdikuli | Pauwels, Suthanthangjai, Donbundit, Suthanthangjai & Sumontha, 2024 | Khao Ebid leaf-toed gecko | Thailand |
| D. dulayaphitakorum | Sumontha & Pauwels, 2020 | Ranong leaf-toed gecko | Thailand |
| D. fulbrighti | Luu, Grismer, Hoang, Murdoch & Grismer, 2023[6] | Fulbright leaf-toed gecko | Vietnam |
| D. hangseesom | Bauer, Sumontha, Grossmann, Pauwels & G. Vogel, 2004[7] | Kanchanaburi, Western Thailand | |
| D. kaweesaki | Sumontha, Chomngam, Phanamphon, Pawangkhanant, Viriyapanon, Thanaprayotsak & Pauwels, 2017 | Sam Roi Yot leaf-toed gecko | Thailand |
| D. lao | T.H. Nguyen, Sitthivong, H. Ngo, Luu, T.Q. Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2020 | Laos | |
| D. melanostictus | (Taylor, 1962)[8] | black-spotted leaf-toed gecko | Thailand |
| D. mekongensis | Pauwels, Panitvong, Kunya & Sumontha, 2021 | Mekong leaf-toed gecko | Thailand |
| D. minhlei | Ziegler, Botov, T.T. Nguyen, Bauer, Brennan, H. Ngo & T.Q. Nguyen, 2016 | Vietnam | |
| D. pawangkhananti | Pauwels, Chomngam, Larsen & Sumontha, 2020 | Cha-am leaf-toed gecko | Thailand |
| D. siamensis | (Boulenger, 1899) | Siamese leaf-toed gecko | Thailand |
| D. somchanhae | T.H. Nguyen, V. Luu, Sitthivong, H. Ngo, T.Q. Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2021 | Laos | |
| D. taoi | Botov, Phung, T.Q. Nguyen, Bauer, Brennan & Ziegler, 2015 | Vietnam | |
| D. vietnamensis | Das, 2004[9] | Vietnamese leaf-toed gecko | Cambodia and Vietnam |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dixonius.
References
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- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Dixonius aaronbaueri, p. 19; Genus Dixonius, p. 73).
- ^ Dixonius at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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- ^ Bauer AM, Sumontha M, Grossmann W, Pauwels OSG, Vogel G (2004). "A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, Western Thailand". Current Herpetology 23 (1): 17-26.
- ^ Taylor EH (1963). "The lizards of Thailand". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 44 (14): 687–1077.
- ^ Das I (2004). "A new species of Dixonius (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2): 629–634.
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