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. 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 3798 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| 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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