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Dixonius melanostictus (TAYLOR, 1962)

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Black-spotted Leaf-toed Gecko
G: Schwarzflecken-Blattfingergecko 
SynonymPhyllodactylus melanostictus TAYLOR 1962: 215
Phyllodactylus melanostictus — TAYLOR 1963: 753
Phyllodactylus melanostictus — WERMUTH 1965: 140
Phyllodactylus melanostictus — KLUGE 1993
Dixonius melanostictus — BAUER et al. 1997
Dixonius melanostictus — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 117
Dixonius melanostictus — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Dixonius melanostictus — DONBUNDIT et al. 2024 
DistributionThailand (Sara Buri, Nakhon Ratchasima), Vietnam (Ma Da, Dong Nai Province fide BOBROV, 1992)

Type locality: Mauk (= Muak) Lek Road Camp (Friendship Highway), Sara Buri, Thailand.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 178231 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Differs from Phyllodactylus siamensis in having a black stripe from tip of snout through eye to shoulder where it widens and continues along the side of the body and then narrows on tail; dorsal spots if present very small, arranged in four longitudinal lines; a series of small dots on dorsal part of tail; arms and legs colored like sides of body; no white rings on tail. Rows of enlarged trihedral or keeled tubercles present; median rows smaller than the other rows, separated by three rows of small granules; next two rows separated by one row of granules; nine preanal pores in males.” (Taylor 1962: 217)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Greek words melano = black, and Greek stiktos (στικτός), punctured, spotted. 
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. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 49 (14): 447-497. - get paper here
  • 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 - get paper here
  • Bobrov V.V., Semenov D.V. 2008. Lizards of Vietnam [in Russian]. Moscow, 236 pp.
  • Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here
  • Chan-ard,T.; Grossmann,W.; Gumprecht,A. & Schulz,K. D. 1999. Amphibians and reptiles of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand - an illustrated checklist [bilingual English and German]. Bushmaster Publications, Würselen, Gemany, 240 pp. [book review in Russ. J Herp. 7: 87] - get paper here
  • Das , I. 2004. A new species of Dixonius (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam. Raffles Bull. Zool., 52(2): 629-634 - 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
  • 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 - get paper here
  • Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp.
  • 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
  • Taylor, E.H. 1962. New oriental reptiles. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 43: 209-263 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E.H. 1963. The lizards of Thailand. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 44: 687-1077. - get paper here
 
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