Dixonius melanostictus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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
Genus: Dixonius
Species: Dixonius melanostictus

Name

Dixonius melanostictus (Taylor, 1962)

Type locality: Mauk Lek Road Camp (Friendship Highway), Sara Buri, Thailand.

Holotype: FMNH 178231.

Synonyms

• Phyllodactylus melanostictus Taylor 1962: 215
• Dixonius melanostictus - Bauer et al. 1997

References

• Taylor, E.H. 1962: New oriental reptiles. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 43: 209–263.
• 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. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 49(14): 447–497.
• Bauer, A.M.; Sumontha, M.; Grossmann, W.; Pauwels, O.S.G. & Vogel, G. 2004: A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, Western Thailand. Current Herpetology, 23(1): 17–26.
• Ngo Tri Van, Thomas Ziegler 2009: A new species of Dixonius from Nui Chua National Park, Ninh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution, 85(1): 117–125.

Vernacular names

English: Black-spotted Leaf-toed Gecko