Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov., a new species of Tiger Gecko from Guangdong, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae)

Xiao Yu Zhu; Shi Yang Wu; Yi Jiao Liu; Yun Bai; Cristian Román-Palacios; Zheng Li; Zhu Qing He

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5188.6.3

Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov., a new species of Tiger Gecko from Guangdong, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae)

Xiao Yu Zhu
, Shi Yang Wu
, Yi Jiao Liu
, Yun Bai
, Cristian Román-Palacios
, Zheng Li^*
, Zhu Qing He^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Life Sciences

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A new species of Tiger Gecko in the genus Goniurosaurus is described from Guangdong, China. This new species, Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov. is the fifth species of Goniurosaurus found in karst topography of Guangdong. It is distinguished morphologically from congeners in this region by the combination of thirteen precloacal pores in male; dorsal ground color of head, body, and limbs in adults yellow; and iris orange. To validate our morphological inferences and support the description of Goniurosaurus wangshu sp. nov. as a new species, we sequenced 16S, CMOS, cytb, and RAG1 gene regions and performed molecular phylogenetic analyses. Phylogenetic analysis places the new species within the G. yingdeensis group and highlights the evolutionary distinction between this new species and other described congeners.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	544-558
Number of pages	15
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	5188
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.6.3
State	Published - 22 Sep 2022

Keywords

karst
molecular phylogeny
taxonomy

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