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| Dixonius pawangkhananti Pauwels, Chomngam, Larsen & Sumontha, 2020 |
Abstract
We describe Dixonius pawangkhananti sp. nov. from coastal limestone hills in Cha-am District, Phetchaburi Province, peninsular Thailand. The new species differs from all currently recognized Dixonius by the following combination of morphological characters and pattern: maximal known snout-vent length of 42.6 mm; 16 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 30 to 32 paravertebral scales; 16 longitudinal rows of ventral scales across the abdomen; six precloacal pores in males, no pores in females; a marked canthal stripe; and a sexually dimorphic dorsal pattern consisting of bands (males) or blotches (females). This description brings the number of Dixonius species to ten, with four species endemic to Thailand.
Keywords: Gekkonidae, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Dixonius pawangkhananti sp. nov.
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| Live adult female (above) and male Dixonius pawangkhananti sp. nov. in ... Phetchaburi Province, Thailand. Individuals not collected. Photo. by M. Sumontha. |
Dixonius pawangkhananti sp. nov.
Etymology. The specific epithet honors the Thai zoologist Parinya Pawangkhanant (Agriculture University
of Phayao, Phayao, and Rabbit in the Moon Foundation, Ratchaburi), for his contributions to the herpetology of
Thailand, and who is one of the collectors of the type-series. We suggest the following common names: Djing-djok
din Cha-am (Thai: จิ้งจกดินชะอำ), Cha-am leaf-toed gecko (English), Dixonius de Cha-am (French), Cha-am Blattfingergecko
(German).
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| Biotope where Dixonius pawangkhananti sp. nov. lives in ... Forest Park, Phetchaburi Province, Thailand. Photo. by P. Pawangkhanant. |
Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Nirut Chomngam, Henning Larsen and Montri Sumontha. 2020. A New Limestone-dwelling Leaf-toed Gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius) from Coastal Hills in Cha-am, peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa. 4845(1); 97–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4845.1.7
