Goniurosaurus wangshu ZHU, WU, LIU, BAI, ROMÁN-PALACIOS, LI & HE, 2022
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| Higher Taxa | Eublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| 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) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 6167 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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