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Goniurosaurus gezhi ZHU, HE & LI, 2020

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Higher TaxaEublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gezhi Cave Gecko
Chinese: 格致睑虎 
SynonymGoniurosaurus gezhi ZHU, HE & LI in ZHU et al. 2020: 214
Goniurosaurus gezhi — ZHU et al. 2021 
DistributionChina (SW Guangxi)

Type locality: SW Guangxi Province, China, 100–200 m in altitude; exact locality withheld because of conservation concerns, available to qualified researchers upon request.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. ECNU V0038, adult male. Collected during April, 2019 by Zhu Xiao-Yu & He Zhu-Qing.
Paratypes. Two adult males ECNU-V0040 and ECNU-V0042, same data as holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Goniurosaurus gezhi sp. nov. differs from other congeners by a combination of the following characters: small size (SVL 70.58–83.78 mm in adults); one nuchal loop, three body bands, and one postsacral band; number of precloacal pores 18–20; body color orange or yellow in life (ZHU et al. 2020).


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CommentCharacter table: Zhu et al. 2021

Distribution: see map in Ngo et al. 2023. 
EtymologyThe specific epithet gezhi is for the Chinese phonetic alphabet 格致, which was noted in ancient Chinese literature Daxue around 2000 years ago. It means researching something carefully and then summarizing the truth behind it. The epithet is a noun in apposition. 
References
  • 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
  • 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
 
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