Dixonius taoi BOTOV, PHUNG, NGUYEN, BAUER, BRENNAN & ZIEGLER, 2015

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Higher Taxa	Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
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Common Names
Synonym	Dixonius taoi BOTOV, PHUNG, NGUYEN, BAUER, BRENNAN & ZIEGLER 2015 Dixonius taoi — DONBUNDIT et al. 2024
Distribution	Vietnam (Binh Thuan: Phu Quy Island) Type locality: Phu Quy Island, Phu Quy District, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam
Reproduction	oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: IEBR A.2014.26 collected on 2nd of June 2013 by Trung My Phung. Paratypes: CAS 257300, IEBR A.2014.27, VNMN A.2014.4, ZFMK 96680, the same data as the holotype.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A small gecko with up to 44 mm SVL; 7 or 8 supralabials; 11 or 12 rows of keeled tubercles on dorsum; 21–23 ventral scale rows; 5 or 6 precloacal pores in males; a canthal stripe running from rostrum through the eye and terminating at back of head; lateral second pair of postmentals about one third to one half size of first pair; brown dorsal ground color with light yellowish/orange spots in one or two rows along flanks, and irregular bands or a reticulated network of dark marks on dorsum. Additional details (1519 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	The new species is named in honor of our colleague and friend Dr. Nguyen Thien Tao from the Vietnam National Museum of Nature in Hanoi, in recognition of his numerous and groundbreaking scientific contributions towards a better understanding of the herpetofauna of Vietnam.
References	BOTOV, ANDREAS; TRUNG MY PHUNG, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, AARON M. BAUER, IAN G. BRENNAN & THOMAS ZIEGLER 2015. A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phu Quy Island, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4040 (1): 048–058 - get paper here DONBUNDIT, NATTASUDA; MONTRI SUMONTHA, MANEERAT SUTHANTHANGJAI, WINAI SUTHANTHANGJAI & OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS 2024. Another new micro-endemic, limestone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from Phetchaburi Province, western Thailand Zootaxa 5447 (4): 531-546 - get paper here Kwet, A. 2016. Liste der im Jahr 2015 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Terraria-Elaphe 2016 (3): 56-67 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here NGUYEN, T. H., LUU, V. Q., SITTHIVONG, S., NGO, H. T., NGUYEN, T. Q., LE, M. D., & ZIEGLER, T. 2021. A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vientiane Capital, Laos. Zootaxa 4965 (2): 351-362 - get paper here PAUWELS, OLIVIER S. G.; NONN PANITVONG, KIRATI KUNYA, MONTRI SUMONTHA 2021. A new sandstone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius mekongensis) from the Thai-Lao border. Zootaxa 4969: 526–538 - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:59444939-F3C3-4648-80B0… Google images

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