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Issue: Vol. 4247 No. 5: 30 Mar. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.5.2
Page range: 556–568
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A new limestone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from Khao Sam Roi Yot massif, peninsular Thailand

Ranong Marine Fisheries Station, 157 Saphanpla Rd., Paknam, Muang, Ranong 85000, Thailand.
54 M.2 Tha Pha, Ban Pong, Ratchaburi 70110, Thailand
300 Ratchasima Rd., Dusit, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University, 1061 Soi 15, Itsaraphab Rd., Hiran Ruchi, Thon Buri, Bangkok 10600, Thailand
Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, Rama 6 Road, Samsen Nai, Khet Phaya Thai, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
Department of Fisheries, Kasetklang, Jatulak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Département des Vertébrés Récents, Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Reptilia Thai-Malay Peninsula Khao Sam Roi Yot Dixonius kaweesaki sp. nov.

Abstract

We describe Dixonius kaweesaki sp. nov. from Khao Daeng, a limestone mountain in Khao Sam Roi Yot massif, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, peninsular Thailand. It is diagnosed from all other species by a combination of maximal SVL of 41.6 mm; 12 or 13 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 24 longitudinal rows of ventrals across the abdomen; a continuous series of 9–11 precloacal pores in males, no pores in females; and two bold dark stripes from the snout to the base of the tail separated by a contrasting light vertebral stripe. It is the eighth species in the genus Dixonius. Lastly, we discuss the type locality of Phyllodactylus paviei, currently regarded as a junior subjective synonym of Dixonius siamensis.

 

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