Table 1. Measurements (in mm) of specimens of Gekko auriverrucosus. 
Diameter Axilla Fore- Hind- 
Total Eye of ear Snout Head groin limb limb 
Specimens length diameter opening length length length length length 
Holotype 
(NNC 80275) 125.5 (62+63.5) 3.2 1.2 6.7 15 28 18.5 24.5 
Allotype 
(NNC 80243) 135.5 (65.5+70) 3.3 13 i/RS) 16 30.5 19 27 
Paratypes 
11 males 119 (59+60)- 3- 1- 6.3- 14- 25- 16- 24- 
from Hejin 130 (63+67) 335 ja 7 16 29.5 19 25 
16 females 117 (56+61)- 3- 1- 6.4- 14- 27- 16.5- 23- 
from Hejin 133 (65+68)*** 3.6 | igs ype) 17 33 20 28.5 
Tail slightly compressed, with two or three enlarged spurs in each side at base; dorsum of tail 
covered with tubercles of various sizes; annular grooves in about every sixth to eighth tubercle; 
venter of tail with a longitudinal row of laterally elongated shields. 
Dorsal ground color of preserved specimen pale gray; a brown bar from nostril through eye and 
ear to shoulder; top of head with brown markings; dorsal surfaces of neck and body with 5-6 
transverse brown bands; dorsum of tail with 9-13 transverse brown bands; posterior edge of 
transverse bands in body and tail darkly edged; dorsal surfaces of four limbs also with transverse 
brown bands; venter of body light reddish yellow. 
This new species might be easily misidentified as G. japonicus. However, the latter species has a 
rostral entering the nostril, and lacks a cluster of tubercles in the upper margin of the ear opening. 
Thus, G. japonicus is actually distinct from the present new species. 
In the natural habitat, the density of G. auriverrucosus is very high. It prefers to perch on high 
portions of walls, and occasionally appears on artificially lighted areas to search for prey. In June 
and July, the present species has its reproductive season. Juveniles collected between 19 and 22 
August had already reached 31-32.5 mm in head and body length. All adult females collected on 
the same date from the same locality with the above juveniles possessed no mature eggs. About 1/6 
of the total sample had parasitic mites, especially in high density on digits. 
Gekko liboensis Zhou et Li sp. nov. (Plate II: 1, Fig. 2) 
Holotype—Female (TMC 791669), Chengguan (Chengkwang), Libo (Libo) Prefecture, 
Guizhou Province (alt. 430 m), on 5 July 1979, by Zhi-lu Zhao. This specimen is deposited in 
Department of Biology, Zunyi Medical College. 
