Biology:Dixon's leaf-toed gecko
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Short description: Species of lizard
Dixon's leaf-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Phyllodactylidae |
Genus: | Phyllodactylus |
Species: | P. dixoni
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Binomial name | |
Phyllodactylus dixoni Rivero-Blanco & Lancini, 1968
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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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Phyllodactylus dixoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ 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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixon's leaf-toed gecko.
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