Dixonius melanostictus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Dixonius
Species: Dixonius melanostictus
Name

Dixonius melanostictus (Taylor, 1962)

Type locality: Mauk Lek Road Camp (Friendship Highway), Sara Buri, Thailand.

Holotype: FMNH 178231.
Synonyms

Phyllodactylus melanostictus Taylor 1962: 215
Dixonius melanostictus - Bauer et al. 1997

References

Taylor, E.H. 1962: New oriental reptiles. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 43: 209–263.
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.
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.
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.

Vernacular names
English: Black-spotted Leaf-toed Gecko

The black-spotted leaf-toed gecko or scarce ground gecko (Dixonius melanostictus) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is endemic to Thailand.[1][2]
References

Sumontha, M.; Cota, M. (2018). "Dixonius melanostictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T17123A112800923. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T17123A112800923.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Dixonius melanostictus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database