Bauer's leaf-toed gecko (Dixonius aaronbaueri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.
Etymology The specific name, aaronbaueri, is in honor of American herpetologist Aaron M. Bauer.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Dixonius aaronbaueri, p. 19).
Geographic range D. aaronbaueri is found in southern Vietnam, in Binh Thuan Province and Ninh Thuan Province.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of D. aaronbaueri are forest and sand dunes, at altitudes from sea level to , but it has also been found in plantations.
Description D. aaronbaueri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of almost .
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of D. aaronbaueri has not been ascertained.
References
Further reading 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).