Goniurosaurus chengzheng

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkomorpha

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

Superfamilia: Eublepharoidea
Familia: Eublepharidae
Genus: Goniurosaurus
Species: Goniurosaurus chengzheng

Name

Goniurosaurus chengzheng Zhu, Li & He in Zhu et al., 2021: 561

• Holotype: ECNU-V0090, adult ♂, collected by Zhu Xiao-Yu in July 2018.
• Type locality: “central Guangxi, China, 100-250 m in altitude. Exact locality withheld because of conservation concerns, available to qualified researchers upon request”.
• Paratype: ECNU-V0068, subadult ♂, same data as holotype.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Goniurosaurus chengzheng. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Chengzheng Cave Gecko