Species of Thailand
Black-spotted leaf-toed gecko
Dixonius melanostictus
Edward Harrison Taylor, 1962
In Thai: จิ้งจกดินแถบดำ
The black-spotted leaf-toed gecko or scarce ground gecko (Dixonius melanostictus) is a species of lizard in the Gekkonidae family. It is endemic to Thailand.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Lacertilia
- Family
- Gekkonidae
- Genus
- Dixonius
- Species
- Dixonius melanostictus
Common names
- German: Schwarzflecken-Blattfingergecko
- English: Black-spotted leaf-toed gecko
- Thai:
- จิ้งจกดินแถบดำ
- จิ้งจกดินข้างดำ
Synonyms
- Dixonius melanostictus, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
- Dixonius melanostictus, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (1999)
- Dixonius melanostictus, Aaron Matthew Bauer et al. (1997)
- Phyllodactylus melanostictus, Arnold Girard Kluge (1993)
- Phyllodactylus melanostictus, Heinz Wermuth (1965)
- Phyllodactylus melanostictus, Edward Harrison Taylor (1963)
- Phyllodactylus melanostictus, Edward Harrison Taylor (1962)
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN2.3)
Photos
Range Map
- Muak Lek District, Saraburi
- Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima
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