Siamese leaf-toed gecko

Siamese leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Dixonius
Species:	D. siamensis
Binomial name
Dixonius siamensis (Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms
Phyllodactylus siamensis Phyllodactylus paviei Phyllodactylus burmanicus

The Siamese leaf-toed gecko (Dixonius siamensis) is a species of gecko found in South Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia. This is the type species of the genus Dixonius, named after James R. Dixon from Texas A&M University.

Distribution

Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Annam, Siam (Dung-Phya-Fai), Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia? Type locality: Dung-Phya Fai Mountains, eastern Siam.

References

• Annandale, N. 1905 Notes on some Oriental geckos in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, with descriptions of new tons. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 15:26-32
• 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. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 49 (14): 447–497.
• 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

External links

• Dixonius siamensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database