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Goniurosaurus wangshu ZHU, WU, LIU, BAI, ROMÁN-PALACIOS, LI & HE, 2022

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Higher TaxaEublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Wangshu Cave Gecko
Chinese: 望舒睑虎 
SynonymGoniurosaurus wangshu ZHU, WU, LIU, BAI, ROMÁN-PALACIOS, LI & HE 2022 
DistributionChina (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 
TypesHolotype. 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). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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)


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  • ZHU, X. Y., WU, S. Y., LIU, Y. J., BAI, Y., ROMÁN-PALACIOS, C., LI, Z., & HE, Z. Q. 2022. Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov., a new species of Tiger Gecko from Guangdong, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Zootaxa 5188 (6): 544-558 - get paper here
 
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