A new species of karst-adapted gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gekko) from Guangxi, China Author Yu, Jia-Yi Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China & School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China Author Chen, Hui-Ling Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China & School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China Author Li, You-Bang Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China & School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China Author Li, Yu-Hui Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China & School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China Author Chen, Ze-Ning 0000-0002-2266-7776 Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China & School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, Guangxi, China text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2026 2026-04-30 102 2 719 729 journal article 315084 10.3897/zse.102.185568 bdfcc268-1dbd-4a39-b6ad-1ba6b6d1a150 8B2D5E6F-C54B-48AF-9367-EF05F177DC38

Table 1. Morphometric comparisons based on the morphometric measurements of adult Gekko wuzhengjuni sp. nov. (n = 2) and G. fengshanensis (n = 6).

	G. wuzhengjuni sp. nov.	G. fengshanensis	F values	p - values
SVL	72.7–73.2	54.1–79.9	3.406	0.114
	72.93 ± 0.38	65.95 ± 9.45
AG	34.3–35.2	24.7–34.2	3.910	0.095
	34.78 ± 0.64	29.78 ± 3.86
HL	16.7–16.9	14.1–20.3	4.537	0.077
	16.82 ± 0.16	16.90 ± 2.37
HW	14.3–14.6	11.6–16.0	4.326	0.083
	14.44 ± 0.23	14.00 ± 1.77
HH	6.7–7.3	5.5–9.1	2.773	0.147
	6.99 ± 0.43	7.12 ± 1.35
ED	4.5–4.8	3.8–5.7	1.002	0.355
	4.65 ± 0.27	4.73 ± 0.65
SNT	5.6–5.8	6.0–8.8	4.266	0.084
	5.68 ± 0.09	7.55 ± 1.06
RW	2.8–3.0	2.5–3.2	1.692	0.241
	2.91 ± 0.09	2.73 ± 0.27
RH	1.4–1.6	1.1–1.6	0.549	0.487
	1.49 ± 0.11	1.37 ± 0.18
MW	2.1–2.4	1.6–2.3	1.031	0.349
	2.24 ± 0.22	2.02 ± 0.29
ML	1.4	1.0–1.4	1.646	0.247
	1.37 ± 0.02	1.15 ± 0.14