Dixonius luuhoangorum GRISMER, NEANG, TRI & GRISMER, 2025
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Dixonius luuhoangorum
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Southern Mekong Leaf-toed Gecko Vietnamese: thằn lằn chân lá Hòn Chông |
| Synonym | Dixonius luuhoangorum GRISMER, NEANG, TRI & GRISMER 2025: 190 Dixonius siamensis — GRISMER et al. 2007:224 Dixonius siamensis — GRISMER 2008:22 Dixonius sp. — GRISMERGrismer et al. 2025:8 Dixonius cf. siamensis — YODTHONG et al. 2025:553 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Kien Giang) Type locality: “Hon Chong, Kien Giang, Province, Vienam (10.145788°N 104.601846°E; 16 m)” |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. Adult male LSUhC 9262, collected from 1930–2200 h on 26 June 2009 collected by Ngo Van Tri, L. Lee Grismer, and Jesse L. Grismer. Paratypes. Vietnam: hon Chong, adult males LSUhC 9260 and 9263 and adult females LSUhC 9259, 9264–65, 9268 bear the same data as the holotype. Adult females LSUhC 8739, 8741, and 9261 from Ba Trai (10.147782°N 104.628770°E; 31 m) collected from 1900–2100 h on 2 July 20 by Ngo Van Tri, L. Lee Grismer, and Jesse L. Grismer. Cambodia, Pursat Province: adult female LSUhC 8521 and adult male LSUhC 8523 from the Baktra Pagoda (12.314101°N 103.514518°E; 234 m) by Neang Thy, Chav Thou, Seri Narin, L. Lee Grismer, and Jesse L. Grismer. Adult females LSUhC 8449, 8487, 8491, 8522, and adult male LSUhC 8420 from o’Lakmeas (12.323912°N 103.510066°E; 66 m) collected from 1900–2330 h on 30 June 2007 by Neang Thy, Chav Thou, Seri Narin, L. Lee Grismer, and Jesse L. Grismer. Adult male LSUhC 8401 from Phum Chruk Pul (12.545874°N 103.064749°E; 312 m) collected from 1830–1900 on 26 June 2007 by Neang Thy, Chav Thou, Seri Narin, L. Lee Grismer, and Jesse L. Grismer. Adult female LUShC 9284 and adult male 9289 from Phnom Lok (12.367842°N 104.781245°E; 156 m) collected from 1730–1800 on 4 July 2009 by Neang Thy, Chav Thou, L. Lee Grismer, and Jesse L. Grismer. Adult male LSUhC 7378 and juvenile 7328 from Phnom Aural (12.019325°N 104.128507°E; 549 m) collected from 1800–2400 on 6 August 2005 by Neang Thy, Chav Thou, L. Lee Grismer, Hinrich Kaiser, Armando Ponce, Perry L. Wood Jr., and Jesse L. Grismer. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Dixonius luuhoangorum sp. nov. can be diagnosed from all other species of Dixonius by having a combination of a maximum adult SVL of 48.5 mm (male) and 50.0 mm (female); 7–9 supralabials; 5–7 supralabials to the midorbital position; six or seven infralabials; 7–12 interorbital scales; 24–40 interciliary scales; 14–22 ventral scales; 13–22 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 23–28 paravertebral tubercles; 12–17 subdigital lamellae on the 4th toe; 9–13 subdigital lamellae on the 4th finger; 5–7 precloacal pores in males; 7–11 enlarged precloacal scales; no femoral pores; dark-colored canthal stripe present; dark-colored labial bars present (Cambodia); dark-colored irregularly shaped chevron-like marking in occiput; and a row of pale colored tubercles on flanks (Tables 4, 5). Statistically significant meristic and size-corrected morphometric characters are presented in Table 3. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 4259 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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