Goniurosaurus zhelongi WANG, JIN, LI & GRISMER, 2014
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Goniurosaurus zhelongi
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| Higher Taxa | Eublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Zhe-long’s Leopard Gecko Chinese: 蒲氏睑虎 (Pu Shi Jian Hu) |
| Synonym | Goniurosaurus zhelongi WANG, JIN, LI & GRISMER 2014 Goniurosaurus zhelongi — QI et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | China (Guangdong) Type locality: 24°24’45.8’’N, 113°06’19.94’’E, 184 m above sealevel; datum 1⁄4 WGS84) from the Shimentai Nature Reserve, Yingde City, Guangdong Province, China |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: SYS r000770, adult male (Figs. 2a, 3a), collected by R.L. Li (hereinafter RLL) and J.H. Yang (hereinafter JHY) on 9 October 2012. Paratypes: Four specimens, bearing same data as the holotype. Three adult females: SYS r000551, collected by RLL and T.D. Zhang on 26 October 2011; SYS r000765 (Fig. 2b), collected by RLL and JHY on 20 September 2012; SYS r000766 (Figs. 3b–e), collected by RLL and J.M. Zhang on 20 September 2012; and one adult male, SYS r000816 (Fig. 3f), collected by YYW and YLL on 25 April 2013. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Goniurosaurus zhelongi sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congeners by the combination of the following characters: (1) medium size, measuring 86.0– 93.4 mm in SVL in adults; (2) body and limbs slender; (3) tail short, 0.85 times as long as SVL; (4) dorsal ground color of head, body, and limbs of adults brownish-black; (5) nuchal loop rounded posteriorly, dorsal body bands between limb insertions four, thin, edged in black anteriorly and posteriorly; (6) chin, throat, thorax, ventral surfaces of body white, brownish-tinged, with dark brown lateral spots; (7) iris gray-white, tinged with orange; 8) nasal scales surrounding nares 6–8; (9) internasal usually single, rarely two; (10) eyelid fringe scales 45–52; (11) granular scales of the upper eyelids similar in size to those on the top of the head; (12) a row of slightly enlarged supraorbital tubercles present; (13) scales around midbody 105–109; (14) dorsal tubercle rows at midbody 26–28; (15) para- vertebral tubercles between limb insertions 28–33; (16) claws sheathed by four scales, two lateral scales short and shell-shaped; (17) axillary pockets deep; (18) precloacal pores in males nine and absent in females; (19) ridged occlusal tooth margins. |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Distribution: see map in Ngo et al. 2023. |
| Etymology | The specific name zhelongi is in honor of an outstanding Chinese taxonomist and biologist, Professor Zhe-Long Pu. His first name, ‘‘Zhe-Long,’’ in Chinese means ‘‘dormant dragon,’’ and zhelongi is an adjective in grammatical accord with the gender of Goniurosaurus. |
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