Goniurosaurus

Goniurosaurus kuroiwae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Gekkota Parvordo: Gekkomorpha

Superfamilia: Eublepharoidea
Familia: Eublepharidae
Genus: Goniurosaurus
Species (27): G. araneus – G. bawanglingensis – G. catbaensis – G. chengzheng – G. gezhi – G. gollum – G. hainanensis – G. huuliensis – G. kadoorieorum – G. kuroiwae – G. kwanghua – G. kwangsiensis – G. liboensis – G. lichtenfelderi – G. luii – G. nebulozonatus – G. orientalis – G. sengokui – G. sinensis – G. splendens – G. toyamai – G. varius – G. wangshu – G. yamashinae – G. yingdeensis – G. zhelongi – G. zhoui

Name

Goniurosaurus Barbour, 1908: 316

Type species: Goniurosaurus hainanensis Barbour, 1908, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Amamisaurus Börner, 1981: 4 [synonymised by Grismer (1987: 44)]
- Type species: Gymnodactylus albofasciatus kuroiwae Namiye, 1912, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Barbour, T. 1908. Some new reptiles and amphibians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 51(12): 315–325. BHL
Börner, A.-R. 1981. The genera of Asian eublepharine geckos and a hypothesis on their phylogeny. Miscellaneous Articles in Saurology 9(1): 1–14. Reference page.
Grismer, L.L. 1987. Evidence for the resurrection of Goniurosaurus Barbour (Reptilia: Eublepharidae) with a discussion on geographic variation in Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi. Acta Herpetologica Sinica 6(1): 43–47. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Grismer, L.L. 1988. Phylogeny, taxonomy, classification, and biogeography of eublepharid geckos. pp. 369–469 In: Estes, R. & Pregill, G. (eds.). Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families: Essays Commemorating Charles L. Camp. Stanford University Press: Stanford, California. ISBN 978-0804714358 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Ota, H. & Tanaka S. 1994. Phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with description of a new subspecies. Zoological Science 11(2): 319–335. BHL Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Viets, B.E. & Boyle, L.J. 1999. Two New Continental Species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) with a Phylogeny and Evolutionary Classification of the Genus. Journal of Herpetology 33(3): 382–393. DOI: 10.2307/1565635 Reference page.
Orlov, N.L. & Darevsky, I.S. 1999. Description of a New Mainland Species of Goniurosaurus Genus, from the North-Eastern Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 6(1): 72–78. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-1999-6-1-72-78 [nonfunctional] Reference page.
Ota, H., Honda, M., Kobayashi, M., Sengoku, S. & Hikida, T. 1999. Phylogenetic Relationships of Eublepharid Geckos (Reptilia: Squamata): A Molecular Approach. Zoological Science 16(4): 659–666. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.659 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L. 2000. Goniurosaurus murphyi Orlov and Darevsky: A Junior Synonym of Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi Mocquard. Journal of Herpetology 34(3): 486–488. DOI: 10.2307/1565379 Reference page.
Grismer, L.L., Shi, H., Orlov, N.L. & Ananjeva, N.B. 2002. A New Species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from Hainan Island, China. Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 217–224. DOI: 10.2307/1565994 Reference page.
Orlov, N.L., Ryabov, S.A., Nguyen, T.T., Nguyen, T.Q. & Ho, C.T. 2008. A New Species of Goniurosaurus (Sauria: Gekkota: Eublepharidae) from North Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 15(3): 229–244. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2008-15-3-229-244 Reference page.
Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Schmitz, A., Stenke, R. & Rösler, H. 2008. A new species of Goniurosaurus from Cat Ba Island, Hai Phong, northern Vietnam (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Zootaxa 1771(1): 16–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1771.1.2 ; ResearchGate Reference page.
Wang, Y.-Y., Yang, J.-H. & Cui, R.-F. 2010. A New Species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from Yingde, Guangdong Province, China. Herpetologica 66(2): 229–240. DOI: 10.1655/09-046R2.1 Reference page.
Wang, Y.-Y., Yang, J.-H. & Grismer, L.L. 2013. A New Species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from Libo, Guizhou Province, China. Herpetologica 69(2): 214–226. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00084 Reference page.
Honda, M., Kurita, T., Toda, M. & Ota, H. 2014. Phylogenetic Relationships, Genetic Divergence, Historical Biogeography and Conservation of an Endangered Gecko, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae), from the Central Ryukyus, Japan. Zoological Science 31(5): 309–320. DOI: 10.2108/zs130201 Reference page.
Wang, Y.-Y., Jin, M.-J., Li, Y.-L. & Grismer, L.L. 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. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-13-00080 Reference page.
Yang, J-H. & Chan, B-P. 2015. Two new species of the genus Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Sauria: Eublepharidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 3980(1): 67–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.4 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Honda, M. & Ota, H. 2017. On the Live Coloration and Partial Mitochondrial DNA Sequences in the Topotypic Population of Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis (Squamata: Eublepharidae), with Description of a New Subspecies from Tokashikijima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Asian Herpetological Research 8(2): 96–107. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.170003 Reference page.
Kurita, T., Honda, M. & Toda, M. 2018. Species delimitation and biogeography of the Ryukyu ground geckos, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae ssp. (Squamata: Eublepharidae), by use of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analyses. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56(2): 209–222. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12198 Reference page.
Zhou, R-B., Wang, N., Chen, B. & Liang, B. 2018. Morphological evidence uncovers a new species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from the Hainan Island, China. Zootaxa 4369(2): 281–291. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.2.8 Reference page.
Zhou, R.-B., Peng, X.-P., Hou, M. & Yuan, F. 2019. [A new species of genus Goniurosaurus - G. sinensis] (in Chinese). Journal of Shihezi University (Natural Science) 37(5): 549–556. Reference page.
Qi, S., Grismer, L.L., Lyu, Z.-T., Zhang, L., Li, P.-P. & Wang, Y.-Y. A definition of the Goniurosaurus yingdeensis group (Squamata, Eublepharidae) with the description of a new species. ZooKeys 986: 127–155. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.986.47989 Reference page.
Qi, S., Wang, J., Grismer, L.L., Chen, H.-H., Lyu, Z.-T. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2020. The Stoor Hobbit of Guangdong: Goniurosaurus gollum sp. nov., a cave-dwelling Leopard Gecko (Squamata, Eublepharidae) from South China. ZooKeys 991: 137–153. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.991.54935 Reference page.
Zhu, X.-Y., Shen, C.-Z., Liu, Y.-F., Chen, L., Li, Z. & He, Z.-Q. 2020. A new species of Goniurosaurus from Hainan Island, China based on molecular and morphological data (Squamata: Sauria: Eublepharidae). Zootaxa 4772(2): 349–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.2.6 Reference page.
Zhu, X.-Y., Chen, G.-Y., Román-Palacios, C., Li, Z. & He, Z.-Q. 2020. Goniurosaurus gezhi sp. nov., a new gecko species from Guangxi, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Zootaxa 4852(2): 211–222. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.2.6 Reference page.
Zhu, X.-Y., Liu, Y.-J., Bai, Y., Román-Palacios, C., 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4996.3.8 Reference page.
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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.6.3 Reference page.
Kurita, T. & Toda, M. 2024. Genetic and Morphological Studies on Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae), with a Description of a New Species from the Northern Part of Okinawajima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Current Herpetology 43(1): 86–114. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.43.86 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Goniurosaurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 January 2025.

Vernacular names

English: East Asian Leopard Geckos

This article is issued from Wikimedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.