Goniurosaurus wuzhengjuni sp. nov. is from the karst area of northern Guanxi, China.
Researchers in China have found a brand new species of gecko from the Goniurosaurus genus. The lizard, Goniurosaurus wuzhengjuni was collected throughout subject surveys in 2025 within the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Area in China. The rock-dwelling lizard is understood to feed on a various number of small invertebrate prey gadgets that come out at evening.
The gecko encompasses a head, physique and limbs which are orange and brown in coloration on its dorsum with dense and irregular black blotches. Its tail has white and black striped patterns and its irises are orange. It’s a distinctive species within the G. lichtenfelderi group in that it has a extra slender physique and limbs and a bigger variety of sub digital lamellae beneath its first fingers. It additionally encompasses a broader black band anterior or posterior and three pale-yellow physique bands. It has a snout to vent size of 9.2 to 10.9 cm, or 3.6 yo 4.2 inches in size. With the tail, the lizard measures between 14-19cm or 5.5 to 7.5 inches in size. This places it into comparable measurement ranges as different cave geckos.
{Photograph} of Goniurosaurus wuzhengjuni sp. nov. from Guangxi, China in reside. A. Grownup male (Holotype, GXNU2025101603); B. Grownup feminine (Paratype, GXNU2025090812); C. Grownup feminine (Paratype, GXNU2025101601); D. Grownup feminine (Paratype, GXNU2025101602). (Photographs by Zening Chen and Hanzhang Cai).
Location
Goniurosaurus wuzhengjuni sp. nov. is from the karst area of northern Guanxi, China. It was discovered at elevations starting from 280 to 351 meters above sea degree in areas that characteristic dense arborous vegetation. It’s a nocturnal species and was discovered usually on limestone surfaces close to roadside slopes. It was additionally discovered round limestone accumulations at cave entrances.
The whole paper describing the brand new species, “A brand new species of Goniurosaurus (Sauria, Gekkota, Eublepharidae) from Guangxi, China,” might be learn on the Zoosystematics and Evolution web site.
