Biology:Dixon's leaf-toed gecko

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Short description: Species of lizard

Dixon's leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Phyllodactylidae
Genus: Phyllodactylus
Species:
P. dixoni
Binomial name
Phyllodactylus dixoni
Rivero-Blanco & Lancini, 1968

Dixon's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus dixoni) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, dixoni, is in honor of American herpetologist James R. Dixon.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. dixoni is rocky areas, at an altitude of 40 m (130 ft).[3]

Reproduction

P. dixoni is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Phyllodactylus dixoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllodactylus dixoni, p. 73).
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Further reading

  • Rivas GA, Molina CR, Ugueto GN, Barros TR, Barrio-Amorós CL, Kok PJR (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa 3211: 1–64. (Phyllodactylus dixoni, p. 13). (in English, with an sbstract in Spanish).
  • Rivero-Blanco C, Lancini AR (1968). "Phyllodactylus dixoni: Una nueva especie de lagarto (Sauria: Gekkoninae) de Venezuela". Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 27: 168–175. (Phyllodactylus dixoni, new species). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Phyllodactylus dixoni, p. 104). (in German).


Wikidata ☰ Q377618 entry