A New Species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, Western Thailand

Abstract

A new species of the endemic Southeast Asian gekkonid lizard genus Dixonius Bauer et al., 1997 is described on the basis of material from Kanchanaburi Province in western Thailand. It is characterized by a distinctive orange tail and a prominent dark stripe from the snout to at least the level of the ear. It occurs sympatrically with its larger and more widely distributed congener, D. siamensis.