34 new species of Geckos desribed in 2010 so far

Been a while since i last made a post to this blog - but i will try to get it going again i think :)

I will start up with listing the 34 species of Gekkotan lizards described this year - i find this number of new species astounishing.

Cnemaspis chanardi Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010 - THAILAND
Cnemaspis laoensis Grismer, 2010 - LAOS
Cnemaspis harimau Onn, Grismer, Anuar, Quah, Muin, Savage, Grismer, Ahmad, Remigio & Greer, 2010 - MALAYSIA
Cnemaspis huaseesom Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010- THAILAND
Cnemaspis kamolnorranathi Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010- THAILAND
Cnemaspis narathiwatensis Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010- THAILAND
Cnemaspis neanghyi Grismer, Grismer & Chav, 2010 - CAMBODIA
Cnemaspis niyomwanae Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010- THAILAND
Cnemaspis psychedelica Grismer, Tri & Grismer, 2010 - VIETNAM
Cnemaspis punctatonuchalis Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010- THAILAND
Cnemaspis roticanai Grismer & Onn, 2010 - MALAYSIA
Cnemaspis shahruli Grismer, Onn, Quah, Muin, Savage, Grismer, Ahmad, Greer & Remegio, 2010 - MALAYSIA
Cnemaspis vandeventeri Grismer, Sumontha, Cota, Grismer, Wood, Pauwels & Kunya, 2010- THAILAND
Cyrtodactylus auribalteatus Sumontha, Panitvong & Deein, 2010 - THAILAND
Cyrtodactylus dumnuii Bauer, Kunya, Sumontha, Niyomwan, Pauwels, Chanhome & Kunya, 2010 - THAILAND
Cyrtodactylus jambangan Welton, Siler, Diesmos & Brown, 2010 - PHILIPPINES
Cyrtodactylus leegrismeri Onn & Ahmad, 2010 - MALAYSIA
Cyrtodactylus phuquocensis - VIETNAM
Cyrtodactylus roesleri Ziegler, Nazarov, Orlov, Nguyen, Vu, Dang, Dinh & Schmitz, 2010 - VIETNAM
Cyrtodactylus yangbayensis - Tri & Onn, 2010 - VIETNAM
Cyrtodactylus zhaoermii Shi & Zhao, 2010 - CHINA
Diplodactylus galaxias Doughty, Pepper & Keogh, 2010 - AUSTRALIA
Gekko canhi Rösler, Nguyen, Doan, Ho, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2010 - VIETNAM
Gekko carusidensis Linkem, Siler, Diesmos, Sy & Brown, 2010 - PHILIPPINES
Gekko takouensis Tri & Gamble, 2010 - VIETNAM
Gekko vietnamensis Sang 2010 - VIETNAM
Goniurosaurus yingdeensis Wang, Yang & Cui, 2010 - CHINA
Hemidactylus coalescens Leaché & Fujita, 2010 - CAMEROUN, CONGO, GABON
Hemidactylus eniangii Leaché & Fujita, 2010 - CAMEROUN, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, NIGERIA
Hemidactylus kyaboboensis Leaché & Fujita, 2010 - GHANA
Hemidactylus lamaensis Ullenbruch, Grell & Böhme, 2010 - BENIN
Luperosaurus gulat Brown, Diesmos, Duya, Garcia & Rico, 2010 - PHIILIPPINES
Phelsuma roesleri Glaw, Gehring, Köhler, Franzen & Vences - MADAGASKAR
Pygopus robertsi Oliver, Couper & Amey, 2010 - AUSTRALIA

Besides of these, the following species have been raised to full species status
Hemidactylus ituriensis
Phelsuma dorsivittata
Phelsuma parva