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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Eublepharidae
Bibliography of the genus Goniurosaurus
Biodiversity of the family Eublepharidae








Genus
Goniurosaurus

East Asian Leopard Geckos

Ostasiatische Leopardgeckos

Østasiatiske Leopardgekkoer

1908 Goniurosaurus Barbour (type species: Goniurosaurus hainanensis Barbour 1908)
1929 Gonyurosaurus Barbour & Loveridge [invalid emendation]
1981 Amamisaurus Börner (type species: Gymnodactylus albofasciatus kuroiwae Namiye 1912) (syn. Grismer 1988; Rösler 1995)
Contents: 23 species, of which 20 (87.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously included in Eublepharis, but revalidated by Börner (1981) and Grismer (1988).
Distribution: E. Asia.
Reported from: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan), Japan (Ryukyu Islands [Okinawa Islands (Iheyajima, Kumejima), Satsunan Islands (Amami Islands: Tokunoshima)]), Vietnam (incl. Cat Ba Island).

Goniurosaurus araneus

Vietnamese Leopard Gecko

Vietnamesischer Leopardgecko

Vietnamesisk Leopardgekko

1999 Goniurosaurus araneus Grismer, Viets & Boyle

Distribution: China (Guangxi), Vietnam.


Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis

Bawangling Leopard Gecko

Bawangling-Leopardgecko

Bawangling-leopardgekko

2002 Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis Grismer, Haitao, Orlov & Ananjeva

Distribution: China (Hainan).


Goniurosaurus catbaensis

Cat Ba Leopard Gecko

Cat Ba-Leopardgecko

Cat Ba-leopardgekko

2008 Goniurosaurus catbaensis Ziegler, Nguyen, Schmitz, Stenke & Rösler

Distribution: Vietnam (incl. Cat Ba Island).


Goniurosaurus chengzheng

Chengzheng Leopard Gecko, Chengzheng Cave Gecko

Chengzheng-Leopardgecko

Chengzheng-leopardgekko

2021 Goniurosaurus chengzheng Zhu, Liu, Bai, Román-Palacios, Li & He

Distribution: China (Guangxi).





Goniurosaurus gezhi

Gezhi Leopard Gecko, Gezhi Cave Gecko

Gezhi-Leopardgecko

Gezhi-leopardgekko

2020 Goniurosaurus gezhi Zhu, Chen, Román-Palacios, Li & He

Distribution: China (Guangxi).





Goniurosaurus gollum

Huaiji Leopard Gecko, Gollum Leopard Gecko

Huaiji-Leopardgecko

Huaiji-leopardgekko

2020 Goniurosaurus gollum Qi, Wang, Grismer, Chen, Lyu & Wang

Distribution: China (Guangdong).





Goniurosaurus hainanensis

Hainan Leopard Gecko, (Hainan Narrow-banded Leopard Gecko)

Hainan-Leopardgecko, (Schmalbändiger Hainan-Leopardgecko)

Hainan-leopardgekko, (Smalbåndet Hainan-leopardgekko)

1908 Goniurosaurus hainanensis Barbour
Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi hainanensis Grismer 1987

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym or a subspecies of of lichtenfelderi (e.g., Smith 1935; Wermuth 1965; Grismer 1987). Revalidated as a separate species by Grismer, Viets & Boyle (1999).
Distribution: China (Hainan).


Goniurosaurus huuliensis

Huu Lien Leopard Gecko

Huu Lien-Leopardgecko

Huu Lien-leopardgekko

2008 Goniurosaurus huuliensis Orlov, Ryabov, Nguyen, Nguyen & Ho

Distribution: Vietnam.


Goniurosaurus kuroiwae

Okinawa Leopard Gecko, (Ryukyu Ground Gecko)

Okinawa-Leopardgecko

Okinawa-leopardgekko

1912 Gymnodactylus albofasciatus kuroiwae Namiye
Eublepharis kuroiwae Nakamura & Uéno 1963
Amamisaurus kuroiwae Börner 1981
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae Grismer 1988
2014 Goniurosaurus kuroiwae yunnu Nakamura, Takahashi & Ota

Remarks: Previously included yamashinae, orientalis, splendens and toyamai (e.g., Grismer 1988; Grismer, Ota & Tanaka 1994). The subspecies yunnu may have gone extinct, most likely due to human activities.
Distribution: Japan (Ryukyu Islands [Okinawa Islands, Satsunan Islands]).


Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis

Guangxi Leopard Gecko, Guangxi Cave Gecko

Guangxi-Leopardgecko

Guangxi-leopardgekko

2015 Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis Yang & Chan

Remarks: Known from only Guangxi, China. The exact locality where the species occurs has not been disclosed, in order to avoid exploitation by the pet trade.
Distribution: China (Guangxi).


Goniurosaurus liboensis

Libo Leopard Gecko

Libo-Leopardgecko

Libo-leopardgekko

2013 Goniurosaurus liboensis Wang, Yang & Grismer

Distribution: China (Guangxi, Guizhou).


Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi

Norway Islands Leopard Gecko, (Lichtenfelder's Leopard Gecko)

Norway-Inseln-Leopardgecko, (Chinesische Tigergecko)

Norway Islands-leopardgekko

1897 Eublepharis lichtenfelderi Mocquard
Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi Börner 1981
1999 Goniurosaurus murphyi Orlov & Darevsky (syn. Grismer 2000)

Remarks: Previously included hainanensis (e.g., Smith 1935; Zhao & Adler), to which species records of lichtenfelderi from Hainan refer. Some older records from continental China (Guangxi) (e.g., Zhao & Adler 1993) refer to luii, but the species has recently been confirmed from Guangxi (Zhu, Chen, Román-Palacios, Li & He 2020; Zhu, Shen, Liu, Chen, Li & He 2020). There is some doubt regarding the extent of the distribution of lichtenfelderi in Vietnam (Vu, Nguyen, Grismer & Ziegler 2006; Ziegler, Nguyen, Schmitz, Stenke & Rösler 2008; David & Ineich 2009).
Distribution: China (Guangxi), Vietnam.


Goniurosaurus luii

Pingxiang Leopard Gecko (Chinese Leopard Gecko, Lui's Leopard Gecko)

Pingxiang-Leopardgecko, (Chinesischer Leopardgecko)

Pingxiang-leopardgekko, (Kinesisk Leopardgekko)

1999 Goniurosaurus luii Grismer, Viets & Boyle
2015 Goniurosaurus kadoorieorum Yang & Chan (syn. Grismer, Ngo, Qi, Wang, Le & Ziegler 2021)

Remarks: Records from Hainan (China) (e.g., Grismer, Viets & Boyle 1999) refer to bawanglingensis (Seufer, Kaverkin & Kirschner (eds.) 2005).
Distribution: China (Guangxi), Vietnam.


Goniurosaurus orientalis

Tonaki Leopard Gecko

Tonaki-Leopardgecko

Tonaki-leopardgekko

1931 Eublepharis orientalis Maki
Eublepharis kuroiwae orientalis Nakamura & Uéno 1963
Amamisaurus orientalis Börner 1981
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis Ota 1989
Goniurosaurus orientalis Grismer, Viets & Boyle 1999
2017 Goniurosaurus kuroiwae sengokui Honda & Ota

Distribution: Japan (Ryukyu Islands: Okinawa Islands).


Goniurosaurus sinensis

Kwang Hua Leopard Gecko, Kwang Hua Cave Gecko, (Hainan Broad-banded Leopard Gecko)

Kwang-Hua-Leopardgecko, (Breitbändiger Hainan-Leopardgecko)

Kwang Hua-leopardgekko, (Bredbåndet Hainan-leopardgekko)

2019 Goniurosaurus sinensis Zhou, Peng, Hou & Yuan
2020 Goniurosaurus kwanghua Zhu & He in Zhu, Shen, Liu, Chen, Li & He (syn. Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang 2021)

Distribution: China (Hainan).





Goniurosaurus splendens

Tokuno Leopard Gecko

Tokuno-Leopardgecko

Tokuno-leopardgekko

1959 Eublepharis splendens Nakamura & Ueno
Eublepharis kuroiwae splendens Nakamura & Uéno 1963
Amamisaurus splendens Börner 1981
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae splendens Grismer 1988
Goniurosaurus splendens Grismer, Viets & Boyle 1999

Distribution: Japan (Ryukyu Islands: Satsunan Islands: Amami Islands: Tokunoshima).


Goniurosaurus toyamai

Iheya Leopard Gecko

Iheya-Leopardgecko

Iheya-leopardgekko

1994 Goniurosaurus kuroiwae toyamai Grismer, Ota & Tanaka
Goniurosaurus toyamai Grismer, Viets & Boyle 1999

Distribution: Japan (Ryukyu Islands: Okinawa Islands: Iheyajima).


Goniurosaurus varius

Nanling Leopard Gecko

Nanling-Leopardgecko

Nanling-leopardgekko

2020 Goniurosaurus varius Qi, Grismer, Lyu, Zhang, Li & Wang

Distribution: China (Guangdong).





Goniurosaurus wangshu

Wangshu Leopard Gecko

Wangshu-Leopardgecko

Wangshu-leopardgekko

2022 Goniurosaurus wangshu Zhu, Wu, Liu, Bai, Román-Palacios, Li & He

Distribution: China (Guangdong).





Goniurosaurus yamashinae

Kume Leopard Gecko

Kume-Leopardgecko

Kume-leopardgekko

1936 Gymnodactylus yamashinae Okada
Amamisaurus orientalis yamashinae Börner 1981
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae yamashinae Grismer 1988
Goniurosaurus yamashinae Grismer, Viets & Boyle 1999

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of orientalis (e.g., Wermuth 1965).
Distribution: Japan (Ryukyu Islands: Okinawa Islands: Kumejima).


Goniurosaurus yingdeensis

Yingde Leopard Gecko

Yingde-Leopardgecko

Yingde-leopardgekko

2010 Goniurosaurus yingdeensis Wang, Yang & Cui

Distribution: China (Guangdong).


Goniurosaurus zhelongi

Shimentai Leopard Gecko, (Zhe-long's Leopard Gecko)

Shimentai-Leopardgecko

Shimentai-leopardgekko

2014 Goniurosaurus zhelongi Wang, Jin, Li & Grismer

Distribution: China (Guangdong).


Goniurosaurus zhoui

Zhou's Leopard Gecko

Zhou's Leopardgecko

Zhous Leopardgekko

2018 Goniurosaurus zhoui Zhou, Wang, Chen & Liang

Distribution: China (Hainan).