Bauer's leaf-toed gecko
Appearance
Bauer's leaf-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Dixonius |
Species: | D. aaronbaueri
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Binomial name | |
Dixonius aaronbaueri |
Bauer's leaf-toed gecko (Dixonius aaronbaueri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, aaronbaueri, is in honor of American herpetologist Aaron M. Bauer.[2][3]
Geographic range
[edit]D. aaronbaueri is found in southern Vietnam, in Binh Thuan Province and Ninh Thuan Province.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of D. aaronbaueri are forest and sand dunes, at altitudes from sea level to 5 m (16 ft), but it has also been found in plantations.[1]
Description
[edit]D. aaronbaueri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of almost 4 cm (1.6 in).[2]
Reproduction
[edit]The mode of reproduction of D. aaronbaueri has not been ascertained.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Nguyen, N.S.; Milto, K.; Golynsky, E. (2018). "Dixonius aaronbaueri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T169689A110757863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T169689A110757863.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Dixonius aaronbaueri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 February 2021.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dixonius aaronbaueri, p. 19).
Further reading
[edit]- Geissler P, Krohn AR, Rennert D (2011). "Herpetofaunal Records in Coastal Dune Areas, Binh Thuan Province, Southern Vietnam, with the Rediscovery of Oligodon macrurus Angel, 1927". Russian Journal of Herpetology 18 (4): 317–324.
- Ngo VT, Ziegler T (2009). "A new species of Dixonius from Nui Chua National Park, Ninh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam (Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 85 (1): 117–125. (Dixonius aaronbaueri, new species).