Dixonius

Dixonius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
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

The generic name, Dixonius, is in honor of American herpetologist James R. Dixon.[3]

Species

There are fourteen 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. 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

  1. ^ Bauer AM [in French], Good DA, Branch WR (1997). "The taxonomy of the Southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus " and the description of five new genera". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 49 (14): 447–497, 11 figures, 5 tables.
  2. ^ a b "Dixonius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dixonius aaronbaueri, p. 19; Genus Dixonius, p. 73).
  4. ^ Dixonius at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  5. ^ Nguyen, Thuong Huyen; Luu, Vinh Quang; Sitthivong, Saly; Ngo, Hanh Thi; Nguyen, Truong Quang; Le, Minh Duc; Ziegler, Thomas (2021-04-28). "A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vientiane Capital, Laos". Zootaxa. 4965 (2): 351–362. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 34187040. S2CID 235572695.
  6. ^ Luu, Vinh Quang; Grismer, Jesse L.; Hoang, Tuoi Thi; Murdoch, Matthew L.; Grismer, L. Lee (2023-08-23). "Another new species of Dixonius (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands, Vietnam". Evolutionary Systematics. 7 (2): 267–284. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.7.105850. ISSN 2535-0730.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Taylor EH (1963). "The lizards of Thailand". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 44 (14): 687–1077.
  9. ^ 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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