Goniurosaurus sengokui

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Gekkomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha

Holotype: NSMT-H 10808 (formerly TPN 78080509), adult ♂, collected by Satoshi Tanaka on 5 August 1978.

Type locality: “Tokashiki (ca. 26.2 N, 127.4 E), Tokashikijima, Okinawa Island Group, Central Ryukyus, Japan”.

Goniurosaurus kuroiwae sengokui Honda & Ota, 2017: 101 [original combination, as subspecies]
Goniurosaurus sengokui — Kurita, Honda & Toda, 2018: 219 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Honda, M. & Ota, H. 2017. On the Live Coloration and Partial Mitochondrial DNA Sequences in the Topotypic Population of Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis (Squamata: Eublepharidae), with Description of a New Subspecies from Tokashikijima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Asian Herpetological Research 8(2): 96–107. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.170003 Reference page.
Kurita, T., Honda, M. & Toda, M. 2018. Species delimitation and biogeography of the Ryukyu ground geckos, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae ssp. (Squamata: Eublepharidae), by use of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analyses. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56(2): 209–222. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12198 Reference page.

English: Sengoku’s Gecko