Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi

Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi

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 lichtenfelderi

Name

Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi (Mocquard, 1897)

• Syntypes (2): MNHN-RA-1897.0091, ♀, and MNHN-RA-1897.0092, ♀; obtained from Lichtenfelder in 1897.
• Type locality: “îles Norway, de la baie d'Along, dans le golfe du Tonkin”.

Combinations

• Eublepharis lichtenfelderi Mocquard, 1897: 213 [original combination]
• Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi — Börner, 1981 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Goniurosaurus murphyi Orlov & Darevsky, 1999 [synonymised by Grismer (2000: 486)]
  • Holotype: ROM 32456.
  • Type locality: “Dang Chau village, Hoang Hoa Tham, Chi Linh, Hai Hung, Vietnam (21°12’48’’N, 106°28’38’’E), 250 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Mocquard, F. 1897. Notes herpétologiques. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. Série 1 3(6): 211–217. BHL
• Orlov, N.L. & Daresvky, 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. 
• 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 November 2019.
• Nguyen, T.Q. 2018. IUCN: Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T18917735A18917741. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T18917735A18917741.en

Vernacular names

English: Lichtenfelder's Leopard Gecko