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Issue: Vol. 5447 No. 4: 8 May 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-05-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.4.5
Page range: 531-546
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Another new micro-endemic, limestone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from Phetchaburi Province, western Thailand

Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Khon Kaen University; Muang; Khon Kaen 40002; Thailand
Ranong Marine Fisheries Research and Development Center; 157 Chaloem Phrakiat Rd.; Paknam; Muang; Ranong 85000; Thailand
Environmental Science Program; Department of Applied Science; Faculty of Science and Technology; Loei Rajabhat University; Loei; 42000; Thailand
Environmental Science Program; Department of Applied Science; Faculty of Science and Technology; Loei Rajabhat University; Loei; 42000; Thailand
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Rue Vautier 29; B-1000 Brussels; Belgium
Reptilia Gekkota morphology taxonomy Southeast asia

Abstract

We describe Dixonius chotjuckdikuli sp. nov. from Khao Ebid (Mount Ibit), Khao Yoi District, Phetchaburi Province, western Thailand. The new, limestone-dwelling species differs from all currently recognized species of Dixonius by the following combination of morphological characters and pattern: maximal known snout-vent length of 45.6 mm, 18 (rarely 16) longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 31 to 34 paravertebral scales; 18 (rarely 16) longitudinal rows of ventral scales across the abdomen; 20 to 22 interciliary scales; 5 or 6 precloacal pores in males, no pores in females; a marked canthal stripe extending beyond the shoulder; and a blotched dorsal pattern in males, females and juveniles. This description brings the number of Dixonius species to 17, among which seven species are endemic to Thailand.

 

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