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Goniurosaurus zhelongi WANG, JIN, LI & GRISMER, 2014

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Higher TaxaEublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Zhe-long’s Leopard Gecko
Chinese: 蒲氏睑虎 (Pu Shi Jian Hu) 
SynonymGoniurosaurus zhelongi WANG, JIN, LI & GRISMER 2014
Goniurosaurus zhelongi — QI et al. 2020 
DistributionChina (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  
Reproductionoviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: 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. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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.


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CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).

Distribution: see map in Ngo et al. 2023. 
EtymologyThe 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. 
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
  • Qi S, Grismer LL, Lyu Z-T, Zhang L, Li P-P, Wang Y-Y 2020. A definition of the Goniurosaurus yingdeensis group (Squamata, Eublepharidae) with the description of a new species. ZooKeys 986: 127-155 - 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
  • Wang, Ying-Yong; Meng-Jie Jin, Yu-Long Li, and L. Lee Grismer 2014. Description of a New Species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from the Guangdong Province, China, Based on Molecular and Morphological Data. Herpetologica 70 (3): 309-322. - 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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