Dixonius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Dixonius
Species: D. aaronbaueri – D. hangseesom – D. melanostictus – D. minhlei – D. siamensis – D. taoi – D. vietnamensis

Name

Dixonius Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997

Etymology: named after James R. Dixon from Texas A&M University.

References

• Botov, A., Phung, T.M., Nguyen, T.Q., Bauer, A.M., Brennan, I.G. & Ziegler, T. 2015. A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phu Quy Island, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4040 (1): 48–58. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.1.4. Preview (PDF) reference page 
• Ngo, T.V.; Ziegler, T. 2009: A new species of Dixonius from Nui Chua National Park, Ninh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Zoosystematics and evolution, 85: 117-125. doi: 10.1002/zoos.200800018
• Ziegler, T., Botov, A., Nguyen, T.T., Bauer, A.M., Brennan, I.G., Ngo, H.T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2016. First molecular verification of Dixonius vietnamensis Das, 2004 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of a new species from Vinh Cuu Nature Reserve, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4136 (3): 553–566. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.7. reference page 

Vernacular names

English: Indochinese leaf-toed gecko
ไทย: จิ้งจกดิน

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