Dixonius

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Dixonius
Species (9): D. aaronbaueri - D. hangseesom – D. kaweesaki – D. lao – D. melanostictus – D. minhlei – D. siamensis – D. taoi – D. vietnamensis

Name

Dixonius Bauer, Good & Branch, 1997: 463

Type species: Phyllodactylus siamensis Boulenger, 1898, by original designation.
Etymology: named after James Ray Dixon from Texas A&M University.

References
Primary references

Bauer, A.M., Good, D.A. & Branch, W.R. 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 4th Series 49(14): 447–497. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

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
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.
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.
Sumontha, M., Chomngam, N., Phanamphon, E., Pawangkhanant, P., Viriyapanon, C., Thanaprayotsak, W. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2017. A new limestone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from Khao Sam Roi Yot massif, peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa 4247(5): 556–568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.5.2. Reference page.
Nguyen, T.H., Sitthivong, S., Ngo, H.T., Luu, V.Q., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D. & Ziegler, T. 2020. A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the karst forest of Khammouane Province, central Laos. Zootaxa 4759(4): 530–542. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.4 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Dixonius . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 December 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Indochinese Leaf-toed Geckos
ไทย: จิ้งจกดิน

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 thirteen recognized species.[2][4][5]

Species	Authority	Common name	Geographic range
D. aaronbaueri	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. hangseesom	Bauer, Sumontha, Grossmann, Pauwels & G. Vogel, 2004[6]		Kanchanaburi, Western Thailand
D. kaweesaki	Sumontha, Chomngam, Phanamphon, Pawangkhanant, Viriyapanon, Thanaprayotsak & Pauwels, 2017	Sam Roi Yot leaf-toed gecko	Thailand
D. lao	Nguyen, Sitthivong, Ngo, Luu, Nguyen, Le, & Ziegler, 2020		Laos
D. melanostictus	(Taylor, 1962)[7]	black-spotted leaf-toed gecko	Thailand
D. mekongensis	Pauwels, Panitvong, Kunya, & Sumotha, 2021	Mekong leaf-toed gecko	Thailand
D. minhlei	Ziegler, Botov, Nguyen, Bauer, Brennan, Ngo & Nguyen, 2016		Vietnam
D. pawangkhananti	Pauwels, Chomngam, & Sumontha, 2020	Cha-am leaf-toed gecko	Thailand
D. siamensis	(Boulenger, 1899)	Siamese leaf-toed gecko	Thailand
D. somchanhae	Nguyen, Luu, Sitthivong, Ngo, Nguyen, Le & Ziegler, 2021		Laos
D. taoi	Botov, Phung, Nguyen, Bauer, Brennan & Ziegler, 2015		Vietnam
D. vietnamensis	Das, 2004[8]	Vietnamese leaf-toed gecko	Cambodia and Vietnam

References

Bauer AM, 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". Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 49 (14): 447–497, 11 figures, 5 tables.
"Dixonius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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
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.
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.