<documentid="753E543A94C75736FC8B4652F01D2568"ID-CLB-Dataset="148080"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5188.6.3"ID-GBIF-Dataset="9c464c3e-5cd6-4f81-89c2-f7b70ad2ee8b"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="7103669"ID-ZooBank="DDF9F105-57E9-442C-B7D7-B60EE75F8973"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="existingObjects,plazi"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1663829332189"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Zhu, Xiao-Yu, Wu, Shi-Yang, Liu, Yi-Jiao, Bai, Yun, Román-Palacios, Cristian, Li, Zheng & He, Zhu-Qing"docDate="2022"docId="03D232695B01A343FF2DF9D738F3FECA"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.5186.6.3.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 5188 (6)"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Goniurosaurus wangshu Zhu, Wu, Li & He 2022, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="9"lastPageNumber="555"masterDocId="FFEB4A115B06A348FFBAFFEE3970FFD7"masterDocTitle="Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov., a new species of Tiger Gecko from Guangdong China (Squamata: Eublepharidae)"masterLastPageNumber="558"masterPageNumber="544"pageNumber="551"updateTime="1732488093287"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:titleid="A61F99CD88A88A9C283D7884C7D88AB3">Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov., a new species of Tiger Gecko from Guangdong China (Squamata: Eublepharidae)</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="30B6E201DFD447E13922511CD487AB17">Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="62C57693374D93CE7DE9F93439237B20">Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6812 - 1878</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="D7AF3C9FEADC0241DC78DA1B909B3F3D">School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2169 - 5628</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="DCA9030D610CCE892196BAFD30B9A6DE">School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4849 - 8429</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="07A0D2895423546A7F18671F95ADBB98">Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitationid="13409FFA5B01A34FFF25F9B33992F9AF"box="[159,226,1629,1656]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1937,1961]"captionTargetBox="[159,1428,330,1914]"captionTargetId="figure-70@8.[159,1428,309,1914]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 3. Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov.. A: Dorsal view of holotype, ECNU-V0085; B: Doreal view of paratype, ECNU- V0084; C: Ventral view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; D: Dorsal view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; E: Lateral view of the sheathed claws of ECNU-V0085; F: Precloacal region of ECNU-V0085."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7103679"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7103679/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="551">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
<tableCitationid="C6F9B6C45B01A34FFCD5F9033AB1F8DF"box="[879,961,1773,1800]"captionStart="TABLE 2"captionStartId="3.[152,244,332,356]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="TABLE 2. Species and GenBank accession numbers used in this study and based on Grismer et al. (2021)."httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF04D3F75B05A34BFF22FEA23C60FEB2"pageId="7"pageNumber="551"tableUuid="DF04D3F75B05A34BFF22FEA23C60FEB2">Table 2</tableCitation>
(
<figureCitationid="13409FFA5B01A34FFC6BF9033D5BF8DF"box="[977,1067,1773,1800]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1937,1961]"captionTargetBox="[159,1428,330,1914]"captionTargetId="figure-70@8.[159,1428,309,1914]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 3. Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov.. A: Dorsal view of holotype, ECNU-V0085; B: Doreal view of paratype, ECNU- V0084; C: Ventral view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; D: Dorsal view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; E: Lateral view of the sheathed claws of ECNU-V0085; F: Precloacal region of ECNU-V0085."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7103679"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7103679/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="551">Fig. 3A</figureCitation>
, adult female, same data as holotype. GenBank accession numbers in
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(
<figureCitationid="13409FFA5B01A34FFA83F8FF3CFEF8FB"box="[1337,1422,1809,1836]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1937,1961]"captionTargetBox="[159,1428,330,1914]"captionTargetId="figure-70@8.[159,1428,309,1914]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 3. Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov.. A: Dorsal view of holotype, ECNU-V0085; B: Doreal view of paratype, ECNU- V0084; C: Ventral view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; D: Dorsal view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; E: Lateral view of the sheathed claws of ECNU-V0085; F: Precloacal region of ECNU-V0085."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7103679"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7103679/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="551">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
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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 (
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); claws sheathed by four scales (
<figureCitationid="13409FFA5B01A34FFDE5F82B3BC4F837"box="[607,692,1989,2016]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1937,1961]"captionTargetBox="[159,1428,330,1914]"captionTargetId="figure-70@8.[159,1428,309,1914]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 3. Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov.. A: Dorsal view of holotype, ECNU-V0085; B: Doreal view of paratype, ECNU- V0084; C: Ventral view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; D: Dorsal view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; E: Lateral view of the sheathed claws of ECNU-V0085; F: Precloacal region of ECNU-V0085."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7103679"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7103679/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="551">Fig. 3E</figureCitation>
), dorsal scale small, two lateral scales short and clam shell-shaped; axillary pockets deep; thirteen precloacal pores in male (
<figureCitationid="13409FFA5B0EA340FCA5FF793A06FF66"box="[799,886,151,177]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1937,1961]"captionTargetBox="[159,1428,330,1914]"captionTargetId="figure-70@8.[159,1428,309,1914]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 3. Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov.. A: Dorsal view of holotype, ECNU-V0085; B: Doreal view of paratype, ECNU- V0084; C: Ventral view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; D: Dorsal view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; E: Lateral view of the sheathed claws of ECNU-V0085; F: Precloacal region of ECNU-V0085."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7103679"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7103679/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="552">Fig. 3F</figureCitation>
), 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.
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. A: Dorsal view of holotype, ECNU-V0085; B: Doreal view of paratype, ECNUV0084; C: Ventral view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; D: Dorsal view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; E: Lateral view of the sheathed claws of ECNU-V0085; F: Precloacal region of ECNU-V0085.
group. Character abbreviations are explained in material and methods (data for
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; SVL: AG 2.48; SVL: HL: 3.78; HL: HW 1.44; SE: EE: 0.98. Head triangular, wider than neck, covered with uniform granular scales interspersed with tubercles on top of head (
<figureCitationid="13409FFA5B0FA341FE9FF8C238B3F891"box="[293,451,1836,1862]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1937,1961]"captionTargetBox="[159,1428,330,1914]"captionTargetId="figure-70@8.[159,1428,309,1914]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 3. Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov.. A: Dorsal view of holotype, ECNU-V0085; B: Doreal view of paratype, ECNU- V0084; C: Ventral view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; D: Dorsal view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; E: Lateral view of the sheathed claws of ECNU-V0085; F: Precloacal region of ECNU-V0085."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7103679"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7103679/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="553">Fig. 3A, C, D</figureCitation>
); small granular scales evenly cover the area between orbits, slightly smaller than those of rostrum; supraorbital tubercles subequal; rostral convex, wider than high, middorsal portion partially sutured dorsomedially, bordered laterally by first supralabial and prenasal, posteriorly by supranasal; external nares oval, surrounded by 7(L)/6(R) nasals each, anteriorly by prenasal, dorsally by supranasal and one granular scale on the left side, posteriorly by 4(L)/4(R) smaller granular scales, ventrally by the prenasal (
<figureCitationid="13409FFA5B0FA341FBEBF8523DDCF801"box="[1105,1196,1980,2006]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1937,1961]"captionTargetBox="[159,1428,330,1914]"captionTargetId="figure-70@8.[159,1428,309,1914]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 3. Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov.. A: Dorsal view of holotype, ECNU-V0085; B: Doreal view of paratype, ECNU- V0084; C: Ventral view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; D: Dorsal view of the snout tip of ECNU-V0085; E: Lateral view of the sheathed claws of ECNU-V0085; F: Precloacal region of ECNU-V0085."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7103679"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7103679/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="553">Fig. 3D</figureCitation>
); prenasals with long recurved ventral portion; supranasals separated by a small sector shaped scale; supralabials 8(L)/7(R), rectangular, grading into smaller scales posteriorly; eyes relatively large, pupils vertical; eyelid fringe scales 55(L)/53(R); a fold of skin originating in suborbital region extends posteroventrally across angle of jaw; external auditory meatus elliptical with long axis directed dorsoventrally; tympanum deeply recessed, bordered anteriorly by two spinose scales; mental triangular, bordered laterally by first infralabial and posteriorly by four postmentals; postmentals bordered by eight gular scales; infralabials rectangular 5(L)/7(R). Neck narrower than body, covered with uniform granular scales interspersed with conical tubercles on nape; dorsal body tubercles surrounded by 10 or 11 granular scales; 20–22 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercle at midbody; 30–33 paravertebral tubercles between limb insertions, distinct vertebral row of scales absent. Body relatively thin, covered with granular scales grading ventrally into larger flattened subimbricate ventral scales; 116–122 scales around midbody; larger ventral scales grade abruptly into smaller granular scales immediately anterior to vent; 13 pore-bearing precloacal scales in a continuous transverse series without extending onto proximal regions of thighs (
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); two enlarged postcloacal tubercles laterally on each side at level of vent. Limbs relatively long and slender, covered dorsally with granular scales interspersed with closely spaced tubercles and ventrally with flat, juxtaposed to subimbricate scales; hindlimbs larger and longer than forelimbs; dorsal surface of pes and manus covered with granular scales with several conical tubercles on top of pes; ventral surface of pes and manus covered with large granular scales; deep axillary pockets present; subdigital lamellae wide, 9(L)/10(R) on first finger, 16(L)/17(R) on fourth finger, 11(L)/10(R) on first toe, 25 (L)/24(R) on fourth toe. Fingers laterally compressed, relative finger lengths I <II <III≈V<IV; toes laterally compressed, relative toe length I <II <IV <III <V; claws sheathed by four scales, two lateral scales long,curved, and clam shell-shaped, dorsal scale shorter than lateral scales but much longer than ventral scale (
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). Regenerated tail thin at base, gradually thickening posteriorly, and gradually thinning into a blunt tip.
<emphasisid="B90F5F6D5B0CA342FF7DFC8838EBFC57"bold="true"box="[199,411,870,896]"pageId="10"pageNumber="554">Coloration in life.</emphasis>
Dorsal ground color of head, body, and limbs yellow-gray, with black blotches in irregular shapes, closely spaced, some black blotches on head randomly connected; iris orange; nuchal loop pale yellow, posterior margin rounded, not pointed; three body bands between limb insertions, one postsacral band on tail base; all bands pale yellow; ventral surfaces of head and limbs dull white, belly light pink; ground color of tail black with white markings. Tail regenerated, white markings irregular and randomly connected towards the tip, encircling the tail.
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Measurements and scalation data of the type series are provided in
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, with 7–8 ring-shaped white markings, the white color fading or disappearing at the tip. Some individuals are yellow-tinged on the first white ring at the base of the tail. CIL of
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over 2000 years ago. In ancient Chinese mythology, Wang Shu is the driver of the chariot of the moon. This name also corresponds to the time when the specimens were collected during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a traditional Chinese Festival that is associated with the full moon.Additionally, this name appeals to the yellow color of the species that resembles the moonlight. The epithet is a noun in apposition. For the common name, we suggest “ Wangshu Cave Gecko
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elevation. They climb on limestone cliffs to prey on small invertebrates such as locusts (Acridoidea), snails (Gastropoda), and earthworms (Opisthopora). Asian tarantulas (
