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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. |
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