Goniurosaurus

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Goniurosaurus
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Kuroiwa's ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae)
in Ōgimi, Kunigami, Okinawa, Japan
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Eublepharidae
Genus: Goniurosaurus
Barbour, 1908
Species

27 recognized species, see article.

Goniurosaurus is a genus of geckos in the family Eublepharidae. The genus contains 27 species. Members species are known by various common names including cave geckos, ground geckos, leopard geckos, and tiger geckos. Members of this genus are found in China, Japan, and Vietnam. For this reason they are also known commonly as Asian geckos.

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Diet

Geckos of the genus Goniurosaurus mainly feed on small insects.

Species

The following 27 species are recognized as being valid. [1] [2]

They can be divided into four species groups.

luii group:

lichtenfelderi group:

kuroiwae group:

yingdeensis group:

Nota bene : In the above list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Goniurosaurus.

References

  1. Genus Goniurosaurus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Qi, Shuo; Grismer, L. Lee; Lyu, Zhi-Tong; Zhang, Liang; Li, Pi-Peng; Wang, Ying-Yong (2020). "A definition of the Goniurosaurus yingdeensis group (Squamata, Eublepharidae) with the description of a new species". ZooKeys (986): 127–155. Bibcode:2020ZooK..986..127Q. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.986.47989 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   7661482 . PMID   33223883.
  3. Zhu, Xiao-Yu; Chen, Guang-Yu; Román-Palacios, Cristian; Li, Zheng; He, Zhu-Qing (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. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   33056426. S2CID   222821642.

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