Dixonius Explained

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.

Species

There are fourteen species that are recognized as being valid.^[1]

Species	Authority	Common name	Geographic range
D. aaronbaueri	V. Ngo & Ziegler, 2009	Bauer's leaf-toed gecko^[2]	Vietnam, Cambodia and Northeastern Thailand
D. dulayaphitakorum	Sumontha & Pauwels, 2020	Ranong leaf-toed gecko	Thailand
D. fulbrighti	Luu, Grismer, Hoang, Murdoch & Grismer, 2023^[3]	Fulbright leaf-toed gecko	Vietnam
D. hangseesom	Bauer, Sumontha, Grossmann, Pauwels & G. Vogel, 2004^[4]		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)^[5]	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^[6]	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.

Notes and References

1. Nguyen. Thuong Huyen. species:Thuong Huyen Nguyen. Luu. Vinh Quang. species:Vinh Quang Luu. Sitthivong. Saly. species:Saly Sitthivong. Ngo. Hanh Thi. species:Hanh Thi Ngo. Nguyen. Truong Quang. species:Truong Quang Nguyen. Le. Minh Duc. species:Minh Duc Le. Ziegler. Thomas. species:Thomas Ziegler. 2021-04-28. A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vientiane Capital, Laos. Zootaxa. en. 4965. 2. 351–362. 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.8. 34187040. 235572695. 1175-5334.
2. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
3. 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 . 10.3897/evolsyst.7.105850 . 2535-0730. free .
4. 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.
5. [Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor EH]
6. [species:Indraneil Das|Das I]