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Goniurosaurus

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

26 recognized species, see article.

Goniurosaurus is a genus of geckos, containing 25 species. Members are known by various names including ground geckos, tiger geckos, leopard geckos, and cave geckos Members of this genus are found in China, Japan, and Vietnam. For this reason they are known commonly as Asian geckos. They belong to the family Eublepharidae.

Diet

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Geckos of the genus Goniurosaurus mainly feed on small insects.

Species

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The following 26 species are recognized as being valid.[1][2]

They can be divided into 4 species groups.

luii group:

lichtenfelderi group:

kuroiwae group:

yingdeensis group:

References

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  1. ^ "Goniurosaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Qi, Shuo; Grismer, L. Lee; Lyu, Zhi-Tong; Zhang, Liang; Li, Pi-Peng; Wang, Ying-Yong (2020-11-05). "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 (2020-09-15). "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.

Further reading

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  • Barbour T (1908). "Some New Reptiles and Amphibians". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard College 51 (12): 315–325. (Goniurosaurus, new genus, p. 316).
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