A new sandstone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius hinchangsi) from Khon Kaen Province, northeastern Thailand
Authors
Pauwels, OSG.
Das, S.
Kunya, K.
Sumontha, M.
Donbundit, N.
Pauwels, TPC.
Sonet, G.
Brecko, J.
Meesook, W.
Discipline
Biological sciences
Subject
Natural heritage Collections
Audience
Scientific
Date
2025Metadata
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We describe Dixonius hinchangsi sp. nov. from a sandstone area near Hin Chang Si, Khon Kaen Province, northeastern 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 50.1 mm, 12 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 30 to 34 paravertebral tubercles; 23 to 27 longitudinal rows of ventral scales across the abdomen; six to eight precloacal pores in males, no pores in females; no canthal stripe; strongly barred lips; and a spotted to uniform dorsal pattern in males and females. We provide a cranial osteological description and a phylogenetic analysis of the new species. This discovery brings the number of recognized Dixonius species to 19, among them nine species endemic to Thailand.
Citation
Pauwels, OSG.; Das, S.; Kunya, K.; Sumontha, M.; Donbundit, N.; Pauwels, TPC.; Sonet, G.; Brecko, J.; Meesook, W. (2025). A new sandstone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius hinchangsi) from Khon Kaen Province, northeastern Thailand. , Zootaxa, Vol. 5584(4), 482-504, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.4.2.Identifiers
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Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng