''Goniurosaurus'' is a
genus
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of
gecko
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s, containing 25
species
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. Members are known by various names including ground geckos, tiger geckos, leopard geckos, and cave geckos Members of this genus are found in
China
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,
Japan
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, and
Vietnam
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. For this reason they are known commonly as
Asia
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n geckos. They belong to the
family
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Eublepharidae
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.
Diet
Geckos of the genus ''Goniurosaurus'' mainly feed on small insects.
Species
The following 26 species are recognized as being valid.
They can be divided into 4 species groups.
''luii'' group:
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Goniurosaurus araneus'' (Vietnamese leopard gecko)
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Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis''
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Goniurosaurus catbaensis'' (Cat Ba leopard gecko)
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Goniurosaurus chengzheng'' (Chengzheng cave gecko)
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Goniurosaurus gezhi''
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Goniurosaurus huuliensis''
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Goniurosaurus luii''
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Goniurosaurus liboensis''
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Goniurosaurus kadoorieorum'' (Kadoories's cave gecko)
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Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis'' (Guangxi cave gecko)
''lichtenfelderi'' group:
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Goniurosaurus hainanensis''
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Goniurosaurus kwanghua''
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Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi'' (Lichtenfelder's gecko)
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Goniurosaurus sinensis''
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Goniurosaurus zhoui'' (Zhou's leopard gecko)
''kuroiwae'' group:
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Goniurosaurus kuroiwae
The Kuroiwa's ground gecko (''Goniurosaurus kuroiwae'') (from Japanese: クロイワトカゲモドキ/ 黒岩蜥蜴擬), also known as the Ryukyu eyelid gecko, Kuroiwa's leopard gecko, Kuroiwa's eyelid gecko, Okinawan ground gecko, or Tokashiki ...
'' (Kuroiwa's ground gecko)
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Goniurosaurus orientalis'' (Spotted ground gecko)
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Goniurosaurus sengokui'' (Sengoku's gecko)
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Goniurosaurus splendens'' (Banded ground gecko)
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Goniurosaurus toyamai'' (Iheyajima leopard gecko)
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Goniurosaurus yamashinae'' (Yamashina's ground gecko)
''yingdeensis'' group:
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Goniurosaurus gollum'' (
Gollum
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leopard gecko)
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Goniurosaurus varius''
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Goniurosaurus wangshu'' (Wangshu's leopard gecko)
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Goniurosaurus yingdeensis'' (Yingde leopard gecko)
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Goniurosaurus zhelongi'' (Zhe-long's leopard gecko)
References
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).
External links
IONNomenclator Zoologicus
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Thomas Barbour
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