Goniurosaurus liboensis WANG, YANG & GRISMER, 2013
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Goniurosaurus liboensis
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| Higher Taxa | Eublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Libo Leopard Gecko Chinese: 荔波睑虎 |
| Synonym | Goniurosaurus liboensis WANG, YANG & GRISMER 2013 Goniurosaurus liboensis — ZHU et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | China (Guizhou) Type locality: 25°15’37.73’’N, 108°5’45.74’’E; 660 m elevation [datum = WGS84) from the Maolan National Nature Reserve, Libo County, Guizhou Province, China |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: SYS r000218, adult male (Fig. 3), collected by Jian-Huan Yang on 18 May 2010 on a tree. Paratypes.—Three specimens, SYS r000216, adult female, collected by J-HY on 16 May 2010 on a limestone rock in the farmland (25812050.00 0N, 107859056.040 0E; 450 m a.s.l.) from Mulun Town, Huanjiang County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. SYS r000217, adult female; SYS r000219 adult male, bearing same data as the holotype, collected by J-HY and Y-YW. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Goniurosaurus liboensis sp. n. can be distinguished from all other congeners by the combination of the following characters: (1) Medium-sized lizards of 103.2–110.3 mm SVL; (2) nuchal loop narrow, six or seven granular scale rows in width, slightly protracted posteriorly; (3) eight or nine nasal scales surrounding naris; (4) two or three internasals; (5) granular scales of upper eyelids approximately equal in size to those on top of head; (6) a row of greatly enlarged supraorbital tubercles; (7) axillary pockets deep; (8) 23 precloacal pores in males, in a transverse continuous series; (9) femoral pores absent; (10) claws sheathed by four dorsal scales and two long and curved lateral scales; (11) iris gray, becoming orange near pupil; (12) chin, throat, thorax, and ventral surfaces of body and limbs white, immaculate; and (13) three thin immaculate dorsal body bands between limb insertions, without dark spot, bordered by dark bands anteriorly and posteriorly. (Wang et al. 2013) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about less than half a page) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Character table: Zhu et al. 2021 Distribution: see map in Ngo et al. 2023. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality, Libo County, Guizhou Province, China. liboensis is an adjective that must be grammatical in accordance with the gender of Goniurosaurus. |
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