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Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis YANG & CHAN, 2015

IUCN Red List - Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaEublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Guangxi Cave Gecko
Chinese: 广西睑虎 
SynonymGoniurosaurus kwangsiensis YANG & CHAN 2015
Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis — ZHU et al. 2021 
DistributionChina (Guangxi)

Type locality: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China; (exact locality withheld; available to qualified researchers upon request).  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: KFBG 14052, adult male. Collected on 5 July 2013 by J.H. Yang.
Paratypes. Three paratypes: two adult females KFBG 14050–51; one adult male KFBG 14053; data identical to the holotype. Coordinates and other standard collecting information were recorded for each type and kept in the KFBG herpetological collection catalog. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from other congeners by a combination of following characters: medium body size (SVL 97.6–109.1 mm in adults); nuchal loop narrow, posteriorly protracted; three narrow immaculate body bands between limbs insertions, bordered by wide dark bands anteriorly and posteriorly; ground color mottled in adults; dark brown spots on lateral belly absent; mental shield immaculate; iris light orange yellow; supraorbital tubercles slightly enlarged; axillary pockets deep; internasals one or two (usually one); eight or nine nasal scales surrounding naris; 52–58 eyelid fringe scales; 8–10 supralabials, 7–9 infralabials; 122–128 midbody scale rows; 31–33 distinct precloacal pores in males; claws sheathed by four scales, lateral two long and curved; one or two postcloacal tubercles (usually two).


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

Character table: Zhu et al. 2021

Distribution: see map in Ngo et al. 2023. 
EtymologyThe specific epithet “kwangsiensis” is named after its type locality, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (Kwangsi is the former official name of Guangxi). 
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
  • 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
  • YANG, JIAN-HUAN & BOSCO PUI-LOK CHAN 2015. Two new species of the genus Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Sauria: Eublepharidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 3980 (1): 067–080 - 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
  • 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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