Dixonius
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 eight recognized species.[2][4]
| Species | Authority | Common name | Geographic range |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. aaronbaueri | Ngo & Ziegler, 2009 | Bauer’s leaf-toed gecko[3] | Vietnam, Cambodia and Northeastern Thailand |
| D. hangseesom | Bauer, Sumontha, Grossmann, Pauwels & G. Vogel, 2004[5] | Kanchanaburi, Western Thailand | |
| D. kaweesaki | Sumontha, Chomngam, Phanamphon, Pawangkhanant, Viriyapanon, Thanaprayotsak & Pauwels, 2017 | Sam Roi Yot leaf-toed gecko | Thailand |
| D. melanostictus | (Taylor, 1962)[6] | black-spotted leaf-toed gecko | Thailand |
| D. minhlei | Ziegler, Botov, Nguyen, Bauer, Brennan, Ngo & Nguyen, 2016 | Vietnam | |
| D. siamensis | (Boulenger, 1899) | Siamese leaf-toed gecko | Thailand |
| D. taoi | Botov, Phung, Nguyen, Bauer, Brennan & Ziegler, 2015 | Vietnam | |
| D. vietnamensis | Das, 2004[7] | Vietnamese leaf-toed gecko | Cambodia and Vietnam |
References
- ^ Bauer AM [in French], Good DA, Branch WR [in French] (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". Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 49 (14): 447–497, 11 figures, 5 tables.
- ^ a b "Dixonius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Dixonius at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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". Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 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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