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Goniurosaurus chengzheng ZHU, LIU, BAI, ROMÁN-PALACIOS, LI & HE, 2021

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Higher TaxaEublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Chengzheng Cave Gecko
Chinese: 诚正睑虎 
SynonymGoniurosaurus chengzheng ZHU, LIU, BAI, ROMÁN-PALACIOS, LI & HE 2021 
DistributionChina (Guangxi)

Type locality: East China Normal University  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. ECNU-V0090, adult male, collected by Zhu Xiao-Yu, July 2018.
Paratypes (n = 1): (ECNU-V0068) subadult male, collected by Zhu Xiao-Yu, July 2018. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Goniurosaurus chengzheng sp. nov. differs from other congeners by a combination of the following characters: SE shorter than EE; one nuchal loop, four body bands; number of precloacal pores 20; body color reddish brown in life.


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CommentCharacter table: Zhu et al. 2021 
EtymologyThe specific epithet chengzheng is from the Chinese phonetic alphabet 诚正, which was noted in the ancient work of Chinese literature Daxue around 2000 years ago. It means having true ideas to put one’s mind in a proper and well-ordered condition. The word chengzheng is often used in parallel with gezhi. Given this new species is sister to G. gezhi in our molecular phylogeny, we use chengzheng for the specific epithet. 
References
  • 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
 
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