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Goniurosaurus kadoorieorum YANG & CHAN, 2015

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Higher TaxaEublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kadoories’ Cave Gecko
Chinese: 嘉道理睑虎 
SynonymGoniurosaurus kadoorieorum YANG & CHAN 2015
Goniurosaurus kadoorieorum — ZHU et al. 2021 
DistributionChina (Guangxi)

Type locality: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China; (exact locality withheld; available to qualified researchers upon request)  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: KFBG 14032, adult male. Collected on 18 May 2014 by J.H. Yang. Paratypes: one adult male KFBG 14031; one adult female KFBG 14033; one sub-adult male KFBG 14034; one juvenile male KFBG 14035; data identical to the holotype. Coordinates and other standard collecting information were recorded for each type and kept in the KFBG herpetological collection catalog. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Goniurosaurus kadoorieorum sp. nov. can be distinguished from other congeners by a combination of the following characters: relatively greater SVL (112.0–118.0 mm in adults); nuchal loop wide, posteriorly protracted; three wide nearly immaculate body bands between limbs insertions, bordered by wide dark bands anteriorly and posteriorly; ground color mottled in adults; dark brown spots on lateral belly; mental shield with a dark blotch; iris blood red in juvenile, orange red in sub-adult, and a remarkable olive green in adults; enlarged supraorbital tubercles present; axillary pockets deep; internasals two; eight or nine nasal scales surrounding naris; 47–55 eyelid fringe scales; 9–11 supralabials, nine infralabials; 124–132 midbody scale rows; 26–28 precloacal pores in males; claws sheathed by four scales, lateral two long and curved; one or two postcloacal tubercles. 
CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).

Character table: Zhu et al. 2021

Distribution: see map in Ngo et al. 2023. 
EtymologyThe new species, “kadoorieorum”, is named in honour of the Kadoorie brothers, Sir Horace and Lord Lawrence, from Hong Kong, for their life-long support to biodiversity research and conservation in the region. 
References
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • Ngo, H. N., Rödder, D., Grismer, L., Nguyen, T. Q., Le, M. D., Qi, S., & Ziegler, T. 2023. Extraordinary diversity among allopatric species in the genus Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae): understanding niche evolution and the need of conservation measures. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-23 - get paper here
  • Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here
  • YANG, JIAN-HUAN & BOSCO PUI-LOK CHAN 2015. Two new species of the genus Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Sauria: Eublepharidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 3980 (1): 067–080 - get paper here
  • ZHU, X. Y., LIU, Y. J., BAI, Y., ROMÁN-PALACIOS, C. R. I. S. T. I. A. N., LI, Z., & HE, Z. Q. 2021. Goniurosaurus chengzheng sp. nov., a new species of Leopard Gecko from Guangxi, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Zootaxa 4996 (3): 540-554 - get paper here
  • ZHU, XIAO-YU; GUANG-YU CHEN, CRISTIAN ROMÁN-PALACIOS, ZHENG LI, ZHU-QING HE 2020. Goniurosaurus gezhi sp. nov., a new gecko species from Guangxi, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Zootaxa 4852 (2): 211–222 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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