Dixon's Leaf-toed Gecko articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: SC Venezuela
Type locality: Mouth of RÃo Parguaza, tributary of RÃo Orinoco, Estado BolÃvar, Venezuela.

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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.^[2]

The specific name, dixoni, is in honor of American herpetologist James R. Dixon.^[3]

The preferred natural habitat of P. dixoni is rocky areas, at an altitude of 40 m (130 ft).^[1]

P. dixoni is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Phyllodactylus dixoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T48443606A48443610. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48443606A48443610.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b 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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Dixon's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus dixoni) is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.