Goniurosaurus Barbour 1908
Creators: name: Zhou, Run-Bang
name: Wang, Ning
name: Chen, Bei
name: Liang, Bin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Eublepharidae
Goniurosaurus

description: Key to species of Goniurosaurus on Hainan Island and the adjacent mainland
(modified from Grismer et al. 1994, 1999, 2002; Ziegler et. al. 2008; Wang et. al. 2014)
1 Fewer than 16 Precloacal pores........................................................................... 2
- 16 or more precloacal pores............................................................................. 3
2 10–13 precloacal pores; dark brown dorsal ground color............................................ G. yingdeensis
- 9 precloacal pores; brownish-black dorsal ground color.............................................. G. zhelongi
3 36–46 precloacal pores................................................................................ 12
- 16–33 precloacal pores................................................................................. 4
4 Nuchal loop posteriorly protracted........................................................................ 5
- Nuchal loop posteriorly rounded......................................................................... 11
5 Olive green iris.......................................................................... G. kadoorieorum
- Yellow, orange or brown iris............................................................................. 6
6 31–33 precloacal pores..................................................................... G. kwangsiensis
- Fewer than 30 precloacal pores........................................................................... 7
7 41–44 eyelid fringe scales..................................................................... G. huuliensis
- 52 or more eyelid fringe scales.......................................................................... 8
8 Enlarged row of supraorbital tubercles present.............................................................. 9
- Enlarged row of supraorbital tubercles absent....................................................... G.araneus
9 Internasal absent; 16–21 precloacal pores......................................................... G. catbaensis
- 1–3 internasals; 23–29 precloacal pores................................................................... 10
10 Outer surface of upper eyelid composed of granular scales one-half the size of those on top of head; nuchal loop 11–12 granu- lar scale rows in width............................................................................. G. luii
- Upper eyelid scales similar in size to granular scales on the top of the head; nuchal loop 6–7 granular scale rows in width............................................................................................... G. liboensis
11 43–56 eyelid fringe scales; only distributed in Northern Vietnam.................................... G. lichtenfelderi
- 54–77 eyelid fringe scales; only distributed in Hainan Island, China ................................... G. hainanensis
12 37–46 precloacal pores; yellow-gray dorsal ground color....................................... G. bawanglingensis
- 36–38 precloacal pores; light purple-brown dorsal ground color.................................... G. zhoui sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Zhou, Run-Bang, Wang, Ning, Chen, Bei & Liang, Bin, 2018, Morphological evidence uncovers a new species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from the Hainan Island, China, pp. 281-291 in Zootaxa 4369 (2) on pages 289-290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/1135750