Goniurosaurus wangshu ZHU, WU, LIU, BAI, ROMÁN-PALACIOS, LI & HE, 2022
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Goniurosaurus wangshu
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| Higher Taxa | Eublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Wangshu Cave Gecko Chinese: 望舒睑虎 |
| Synonym | Goniurosaurus wangshu ZHU, WU, LIU, BAI, ROMÁN-PALACIOS, LI & HE 2022 |
| Distribution | China (N Guangdong) Type locality: northern Guangdong Province, China, 200–300 m in elevation; exact locality withheld because of conservation concerns, available to qualified researchers upon request. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. ECNU-V0085, adult male. Collected on 21-ix-2021 by Zhu Xiao-Yu. GenBank accession numbers are in Table 2 (Fig. 3A). Paratype. ECNU-V0084, adult female, same data as holotype. GenBank accession numbers in Table 2 (Fig. 3B). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov. differs from other congeners by a combination of the following characters: small size (SVL 76.08–83.60 mm in adults); nasal scales surrounding nostril 7–8; two internasals; eyelid fringe scales 53–58; granular scales of the upper eyelids similar in size to those on the top of the head; scales around midbody 112–126; dorsal tubercle rows at midbody 20–22; paravertebral tubercles between limb insertions 30–34 (Table 4); claws sheathed by four scales (Fig. 3E), dorsal scale small, two lateral scales short and clam shell-shaped; axillary pockets deep; thirteen precloacal pores in male (Fig. 3F), absent in female; dorsal ground color of head, body, and limbs in adults yellow; nuchal loop complete, posteriorly rounded; three body bands, and one postsacral band; venter light pink, evenly covered with fine imbricating scales, with a thin line longitudinally oriented; iris orange. (Zhu et al. 2022) |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific epithet wangshu is for the Chinese phonetic alphabet 望舒, which was noted in ancient Chinese poem Li Sao over 2000 years ago. In ancient Chinese mythology, Wang Shu is the driver of the chariot of the moon. This name also corresponds to the time when the specimens were collected during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a traditional Chinese Festival that is associated with the full moon. Additionally, this name appeals to the yellow color of the species that resembles the moonlight. The epithet is a noun in apposition. |
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