Goniurosaurus cf. lichtenfelderi (Mocquard, 1897)

Goniurosaurus cf. lichtenfelderi View in CoL

Figure 10 (E 1 – E 3 View Figure 10 )

Specimens examined.

20 ♂♂, 18 ♀♀ from China, see Appendix 1 for detail.

Diagnosis.

Based on this study: (1) SVL 80.1–97.0 mm in adult males, 73.3–97.5 mm in adult females; (2) external nares bordered by 9–11 nasal scales; (3) internasal 0–2, mostly single or two, rarely absent; (4) supralabials 8–11; (5) infralabials 6–9; (6) preorbital scales 14–21; (7) supraorbital region with a row of slightly enlarged tubercles; (8) eyelid fringe scales 50–63; (9) scales around midbody 89–113; (10) longitudinal dorsal tubercle rows at midbody 19–25; (11) paravertebral tubercles between limb insertions 18–24; (12) axillary pockets shallow or deep; (13) presence of 25–31 precloacal pores in males, form a continuous transverse series extending onto the femora; precloacal pores in females absent; (14) dorsal ground color of head, body and limbs dark purple-brown to almost black in juveniles without blotches; dorsal ground color of head, body and limbs purple to dark purple-brown in adults, with or without small irregularly shaped dark brown blotches; (15) presence of four transverse bands, including one nuchal loop, two body bands and one caudal constriction band, light yellow with black brown anterior and posterior borders; (16) nuchal loop mostly rounded posteriorly, rarely protracted; (17) iris orange to dark reddish-brown.

Distribution.

Goniurosaurus cf. lichtenfelderi is only known from Hainan Island, China. Its distribution extends southward from Haikou City, westward to Qiongzhong County, eastward to Wenchang City, and as far south as the southern foothills of the Wuzhishan Mountains, including Qixianling and Diaoluoshan, at elevations of 30–862 m (this study) (Fig. 7 A – C View Figure 7 ).