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Goniurosaurus

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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

Geckos of the genus Goniurosaurus mainly feed on small insects.

Species

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

  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. 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.
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Goniurosaurus: Brief Summary

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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.

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