Kingdom Animalia Suborder Lacertilia Family Gekkonidae Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Subphylum Vertebrata Infraorder Gekkota Subfamily Eublepharinae Higher classification Goniurosaurus Order Scaled reptiles | |
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Scientific name Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi Similar Goniurosaurus, Reptile, Goniurosaurus hainanensis, Vietnamese leopard gecko, Kuroiwa's ground gecko | ||
Lichtenfelder's gecko, Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is found in southern China (including Hainan) and Vietnam.
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Etymology
The specific name, lichtenfelderi, is in honor of engineer Charles Lichtenfelder, who collected the type specimen.
Description
Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi is basically purple in colour. It is crossbanded by five thick yellow stripes, which are edged on either side by black bands of equal width. This pattern is the same along its tail, with the yellow changing to white in the central bands. The top of the head of this gecko is brown. The body shape of this species is very similar to that of the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius.
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Lichtenfelder's gecko Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA