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Goniurosaurus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Goniurosaurus

Higher classification
  
Eublepharidae

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Family
  
Eublepharidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Lichtenfelder's gecko, Kuroiwa's ground gecko

Japanese cave gecko goniurosaurus orientalis


Goniurosaurus is a genus of geckos, containing 17 species. 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.This genus of gecko mainly feeds of small insects.

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Species

The following 17 species are recognized as being valid.

They can be divided into three species groups.

luii group:

Goniurosaurus goniurosaurus orientalis toyamai yamashinae kuroiwae splendens

  • Goniurosaurus araneus Grismer et al., 1999
  • Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis Grismer et al., 2002
  • Goniurosaurus catbaensis Ziegler, Truong, Schmitz, Stenke & Rösler, 2008
  • Goniurosaurus huuliensis Orlov et al., 2008
  • Goniurosaurus luii Grismer et al., 1999
  • Goniurosaurus yingdeensis Wang et al., 2010

    • lichtenfelderi group:

  • Goniurosaurus hainanensis Barbour, 1908
  • Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi (Mocquard, 1897)

    • kuroiwae group:

    Goniurosaurus goniurosaurus orientalis toyamai yamashinae kuroiwae splendens

  • Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Namiye, 1912)
  • Goniurosaurus orientalis (Maki, 1931)
  • Goniurosaurus splendens (Nakamura & Uéno, 1959)
  • Goniurosaurus toyamai Grismer et al., 1994
  • Goniurosaurus yamashinae (Okada, 1936)

    • Recently described species (group ?):


  • Goniurosaurus liboensis Wang et al., 2013
  • Goniurosaurus kadoorieorum Yang & Chan, 2015
  • Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis Yang & Chan, 2015
  • Goniurosaurus zhelongi Wang et al., 2014

    • Goniurosaurus goniurosaurus orientalis toyamai yamashinae kuroiwae splendens

    Goniurosaurus goniurosaurus orientalis toyamai yamashinae kuroiwae splendens

    References

    Goniurosaurus Wikipedia
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