Goniurosaurus araneus Grismer, Viets & Boyle, 1999

Ngo, Hai Ngoc, Nguyen, Huy Quoc, Tran, Hieu Minh, Ngo, Hanh Thi, Le, Minh Duc, Gewiss, Laurenz Rafael, Schingen-Khan, Mona van, Nguyen, Truong Quang & Ziegler, Thomas, 2021, A morphological and molecular review of the genus Goniurosaurus, including an identification key, European Journal of Taxonomy 751 (1), pp. 38-67 : 44-45

Goniurosaurus araneus Grismer, Viets & Boyle, 1999

Diagnosis

Body splayed and gracile, SVL 108.9–124.0 mm; external nares bordered by 6–8 nasal scales; supraorbital region with a row of enlarged tubercles; outer surface of upper eyelid composed of small granular

scales, one-half the size of those on top of head; internasal single; supralabials 8–10; infralabials 8 or 9; preorbital scales 13–18; eyelid fringe scales 52–67; postmentals 4–6; dorsal body scales elongate; paravertebral tubercles 29–38; scales around midbody 129–147; scales surrounding dorsal tubercles 10– 14; axillary pockets deep; subdigital lamellae under fourth toe 23–25; precloacal pores in males 18–23; iris dark brown; dorsal ground color of head, body and limbs immaculate dull yellow-gray; nuchal loop posteriorly protracted (in V-shape); dorsal body bands between limb insertions 3, wide, edged anteriorly and posteriorly by wide dark brown bands; light band on tail base in width of 15 or 16 granular scales; ground color of tail black, caudal bands 5, white, completed ventrally; ventral surface of head, body and limbs dull white and immaculate ( Grismer et al. 1999; Nguyen 2011; Chen et al. 2014).

Remarks

During our field work in northern Vietnam, including the type locality in Cao Bang Province, no specimen of Goniurosaurus araneus was seen. Therefore, the diagnosis was solely based on the descriptions of Grismer et al. (1999) and Chen et al. (2014).