Table 4. Diagnostic characters distinguishing Goniurosaurus gollum sp. nov. from all other known species of Goniurosaurus. Data come from Grismer et al. 1999, 2002; Orlov et al. 2008; Ziegler et al. 2008; Blair et al. 2009; Wang et al. 2010, 2013, 2014; Yang and Chan 2015; Zhou et al. 2018; Qi et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020. CharacterG. kuroiwae groupG. lichtenfelderi groupG. luii groupG. yingdeensis group (4 species)(5 spp.)(5 spp.)(7 spp.)Goniurosaurus gollum sp. nov.G. variusG. yingdeensisG. zhelongiScales of upper eyelid one-half the size of scales on the top of head or equal in sizeEqualEqualEqual or 1/2EqualEqualEqualEqualEnlarged row of supraorbital tuberclesAbsentAbsent or presentAbsent or presentAbsentAbsentAbsent or indistinctAbsent or indistinctEyelid fringe scales<5243-7741-6759-6350-5646-6442-53No. of paravertebral tuberclesUnknown23-3627-3825-2627-2922-3328-33Dorsal tubercle rows at midbodyUnknown19-2220-2516-1721-2420-2523-28Scales around midbodyUnknown95-140112-147121-128101-110101-11699-109Nasal scales surrounding naresUnknown8-95-97-87-97-116-8InternasalsUnknown10-311-21-31-2Tubercles between orbitsPresent or absentPresent or absentPresent or absentAbsentPresentPresentAbsentClaws sheathed by scalesAbsentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentLateral scales of claw sheathsAbsentLong, curvedLong, curvedShort, shell-shapedShort, shell-shapedShort, shell-shapedShort, shell-shapedNo. of precloacal pores in males017-4616-3310-111010-139-12Posterior shape of nuchal loopRoundedProtracted or roundedProtractedRoundedRoundedRoundedRoundedNo. of body bands between nuchal loop and the caudal constriction3 or 43 or 43, 4 or 52,3 or 4444Dark spotting in body bandsPresent or absentPresent or absentPresent or absentAbsentPresent or absentAbsentAbsentLateral spotting on belly present or absentAbsentAbsentPresent or absentPresentPresentPresentPresent

Published as part of Qi, Shuo, Wang, Jian, Grismer, L. Lee, Chen, Hong-Hui, Lyu, Zhi-Tong & Wang, Ying-Yong, 2020, The Stoor Hobbit of Guangdong: Goniurosaurus gollum sp. nov., a cave-dwelling Leopard Gecko (Squamata, Eublepharidae) from South China, pp. 137 in ZooKeys 991 on page 137, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.991.54935