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Goniurosaurus (East Asian Leopard Geckos)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Eublepharidae)

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Goniurosaurus in general

Barbour, T. 1908. Some new reptiles and amphibians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 51: 313-325.

Grismer, L.L. 1987. Evidence for the resurrection of Goniurosaurus Barbour (Reptilia: Eublepharidae) with a discussion on geographic variation in Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi. Acta Herpetologica Sinica 6(1): 43-47.

Grismer, L.L. 2002. Goniurosaurus: ancient gekkos of the Far East. Gekko 3(1): 22-28.

Grismer, L.L.; Viets, B.E.; Boyle, L.J. 1999. Two new continental species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) with a phylogeny and evolutionary classification of the genus. Journal of Herpetology 33(3): 382-393.

Kaverkin, Y. 2000. Eublepharoide Geckos der Gattung Goniurosaurus Barbour, 1908 - Haltung und Zucht im Terrarium. Sauria (Berlin) 22(4): 17-22.

Ngo, H.N.; Ziegler, T.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Pham, C.T.; Nguyen, T.T.; Le, M.D.; Schingen, M. van 2016. First population assessment of two cryptic Tiger Geckos (Goniurosaurus) from northern Vietnam: implications for conservation. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 10(1): 34-45.

Russell, M.; Hartdegen, R. 1998. A note on the husbandry and captive reproduction of the eublepharid gecko Goniurosaurus sp. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 33(7): 151-152.

Goniurosaurus araneus

Blake, P. 2000. Keeping and breeding Chinese leopard geckoes Goniurosaurus luii and G. araneus. Herptile 25(3): 130-132.

Chen, T.B.; Meng, Y.J.; Jiang, K.; Li, P.P.; Wen, B.H.; Lu, W.; Lazell, J.; Hou, M. 2014. New record of the Leopard Gecko Goniurosaurus araneus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) for China and habitat partitioning between geographically and phylogenetically close Leopard Geckos. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 21(1): 16–27.

Dickhoff, A. 2004. Ein Tiger im Terrarium - die Haltung und Nachzucht von Goniurosaurus araneus (Grismer, Viets et Boyle, 1999). Draco 5(2) (18): 76-81.

Grismer, L.L.; Viets, B.E.; Boyle, L.J. 1999. Two new continental species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) with a phylogeny and evolutionary classification of the genus. Journal of Herpetology 33(3): 382-393.

Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis

Grismer, L.L.; Shi, H.T.; Orlov, N.L.; Ananjeva, N.B. 2002. A new species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from Hainan Island, China. Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 217-224.

Goniurosaurus catbaensis

Ziegler, T.; Nguyen, Q.T.; Schmitz, A.; Stenke, R.; Rösler, H. 2008. A new species of Goniurosaurus from Cat Ba Island, Hai Phong, northern Vietnam (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Zootaxa 1771: 16-30.

Goniurosaurus hainanensis

Barbour, T. 1908. Some new reptiles and amphibians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 51: 313-325.

Blair, C.; Orlov, N.L.; Shi, H.; Murphy, R.W. 2009. A taxonomic re-evaluation of Goniurosaurus hainanensis (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from Hainan Island, China. Russian Journal of Herpetology 16(1): 35-40.

Johann, H. 2006. Pflege und Nachzucht von Goniurosaurus hainanensis Barbour, 1908. Elaphe 14(4): 27-31.

Goniurosaurus huuliensis

Orlov, N.L.; Ryabov, S.A.; Nguyen, T.T.; Nguyen, Q.T.; Ho, T.C. 2008. A new species of Goniurosaurus (Sauria: Gekkota: Eublepharidae) from North Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 15(3): 229-244.

Goniurosaurus kuroiwae

Frantz, S.L. 1993. In search of tokage modoki, the Japanese leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus [Eublepharis] kuroiwae). Vivarium (Lakeside) 4(5): 21-24.

Grismer, L.L.; Ota, H.; Tanaka, S. 1994. Phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with description of a new subspecies. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 11(2): 319-335.

Honda, M.; Kurita, T.; Toda, M.; Ota, H. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships, genetic divergence, historical biogeography and conservation of an endangered gecko, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae), from the Central Ryukyus, Japan. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 31(5): 309-320.

Kurita, T.; Kawamura, R.; Toda, M. 2013. Limestone cave as a cradle of the Ryukyu Ground Gecko, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae. Herpetological Review 44(4): 569-572.

Kurita, T.; Toda, M. 2013. Validation and application of skeletochronology for age determination of the Ryukyu Ground Gecko, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Asian Herpetological Research 4(4): 233-241.

Nakamura, Y.; Takahashi, A.; Ota, H. 2013. Recent cryptic extinction of squamate reptiles on Yoronjima Island of the Ryukyu Archipelago, japan, inferred from garbage dump remains. Acta Herpetologica 8(1): 19-34.

Nakamura, Y.; Takahashi, A.; Ota, H. 2014. A new, recently extinct subspecies of the Kuroiwa's Leopard Gecko, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae), from Yoronjima Island of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Acta Herpetologica 9(1): 61-73.

Ota, H.; Matsui, M.; Hikida, T.; Tanaka, S. 1987. Karyotype of a gekkonid lizard, Eublepharis kuroiwae kuroiwae. Experientia (Basel) 43(8): 924-925.

Tanaka, S. 1983. [Ecological studies on the gecko Eublepharis kuroiwae kuroiwae]. (In Japanese). (Abstract). Japanese Journal of Herpetology 10(2): 51.

Tanaka, S.; Nishihira, M. 1987. A field study of seasonal, daily, and diel activity patterns of Eublepharis kuroiwae kuroiwae. Herpetologica 43(4): 482-489.

Tanaka, S.; Nishihira, M. 1989. Growth and reproduction of the gekkonid lizard Eublepharis kuroiwae kuroiwae. pp. 349-357. In: Matsui, M.; Hikida, T. & Goris, R.C. (eds.). Current Herpetology in East Asia. Proceedings of the Second Japan-China Herpetological Symposium Kyoto, July 1988. Herpetological Society of Japan, Kyoto, Japan. 521 pp.

Werner, Y.L.; Takahashi, H.; Mautz, W.J.; Ota, H. 2005. Behavior of the terrestrial nocturnal lizards Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiwae and Eublepharis macularius (Reptilia: Eublepharidae) in a thigmothermal gradient. Journal of Thermal Biology 30(3): 247-254.

Werner, Y.L.; Takahashi, H.; Yasukawa, Y.; Ota, H. 2006. Factors affecting foraging behaviour, as seen in a nocturnal ground lizard, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiwae. Journal of Natural History 40(7-8): 439-459.

Goniurosaurus kwangsiensis

Yang, J.H.; Chan, B.P.L. 2015. Two new species of the genus Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Sauria: Eublepharidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 3980(1): 067–080.

Goniurosaurus liboensis

Wang, Y.Y.; Yang, J.H.; Grismer, L.L. 2013. A new species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from Libo, Guizhou Province, China. Herpetologica 69(2): 214-226.

Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi

Golinski, A.; Kubicka, L.; John-Alder, H.; Kratochvil, L. 2015. Androgenic control of male-typical behavior, morphology and sex recognition is independent of the mode of sex determination: a case study on Lichtenfelder's Gecko (Eublepharidae: Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi). Hormones and Behavior 72: 49-59.

Grismer, L.L. 2000. Goniurosaurus murphyi Orlov and Darevsky: a junior synonym of Goniurosaurus lichtenfelderi Mocquard. Journal of Herpetology 34(3): 486-488.

Orlov, N.L.; Darevsky, I.S. 1999. Description of a new mainland species of Goniurosaurus genus, from the north-eastern Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 6(1): 72-78.

Goniurosaurus luii

Blake, P. 2000. Keeping and breeding Chinese leopard geckoes Goniurosaurus luii and G. araneus. Herptile 25(3): 130-132.

Cooper, W.E.; Habegger, J.J. 2000. Lingual and biting responses to food chemicals by some eublepharid and gekkonid geckos. Journal of Herpetology 34(3): 360-368.

Grismer, L.L.; Viets, B.E.; Boyle, L.J. 1999. Two new continental species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) with a phylogeny and evolutionary classification of the genus. Journal of Herpetology 33(3): 382-393.

Holfert, T. 2006. Variations in the colour pattern of Goniurosaurus luii. Sauria (Berlin) 28(2): 53-54.

Kratochvil, L. 2006. Captive breeding and a threatened gecko. Science (Washington, D.C.) 313(5789): 915.

Stuart, B.L.; Grismer, L.L. 2006. Captive breeding and a threatened gecko - response. Science (Washington, D.C.) 313(5789): 915.

Vu, N.T.; Nguyen, Q.T.; Grismer, L.L.; Ziegler, T. 2006. First record of the Chinese leopard gecko, Goniurosaurus luii (Reptilia: Eublepharidae) from Vietnam. Current Herpetology 25(2): 93-95.

Yang, J.H.; Chan, B.P.L. 2015. Two new species of the genus Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Sauria: Eublepharidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 3980(1): 067–080.

Goniurosaurus orientalis

Honda, M.; Kurita, T.; Toda, M.; Ota, H. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships, genetic divergence, historical biogeography and conservation of an endangered gecko, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae), from the Central Ryukyus, Japan. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 31(5): 309-320.

Honda, M.; Ota, H. 2017. On the live coloration and partial mitochondrial DNA sequences in Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis (Squamata: Eublepharidae), with description of a new subspecies from Tokashikijima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Asian Herpetological Research 8(2): 96-107.

Maki, M. 1930. A new banded Geoko, Eublepharis orientalis, sp. nov. from Riu Kyu. Annot. zool. jap. 13: 9-11.

Okada, Y. 1935. On the distribution and habits of Eublepharis orientalis Maki. Proceedings Imp. Acad. Tokyo 11(9): 392-394.

Werner, Y.L.; Takahashi, H.; Yasukawa, Y.; Ota, H. 2004. The varied foraging mode of the subtropical eublepharid gecko Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis. Journal of Natural History 38(1): 119-134.

Goniurosaurus splendens

Goniurosaurus toyamai

Goniurosaurus yamashinae

Goniurosaurus yingdeensis

Einsfelder, L. 2016. Haltung und Nachzucht von Goniurosaurus yingdeensis (Sauria: Gekkota: Eublepharidae) im Terrarium. Sauria (Berlin) 38(4): 19-26.

Wang, Y.; Yang, J.H.; Cui, R.F. 2010. A new species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from Yingde, Guangdong Province, China. Herpetologica 66(2): 229-240.

Goniurosaurus zhelongi

Wang, Y.Y.; Jin, M.J.; Li, Y.L.; Grismer, L.L. 2014. Description of a new species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from the Guangdong Province, China, based on molecular and morphological data. Herpetologica 70(3): 309-322.

Goniurosaurus zhoui

Zhou, R.B.; Wang, N.; Chen, B.; Liang, B. 2018. Morphological evidence uncovers a new species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from the Hainan Island, China. Zootaxa 4369(2): 281–291.