Goniurosaurus splendens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eublepharoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Superclassis*: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Eublepharoidea

Goniurosaurus splendens (Nakamura & Uéno 1959)

Holotype: NSMT-H 2519, collected by S.-I. Ueno on 23 August 1958.
Type locality: “a limestone cave called "Jindé-gumui", at Kametsu, on the eastern coast of the Island of Tokunoshima”, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.

Eublepharis splendens Nakamura & Ueno, 1959: 47 [original combination]
Eublepharis kuroiwae splendens — Nakamura & Uéno, 1963 [subsequent combination]
Amamisaurus splendens — Börner, 1981 [subsequent combination]
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae splendens — Grismer, 1988 [subsequent combination]
Goniurosaurus splendens — Grismer, Viets & Boyle, 1999 [subsequent combination]

Nakamura, K. & Uéno, S.-I. 1959. The geckos found in the limestone caves of the Ryu-Kyu Islands. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University. Series B. Biology 26: 45–52.
Grismer, L.L., Viets, B.E. & Boyle, L.J. 1999. Two New Continental Species of Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Eublepharidae) with a Phylogeny and Evolutionary Classification of the Genus. Journal of Herpetology 33(3): 382–393. DOI: 10.2307/1565635 Reference page.

Ota, H. 1989. A review of the geckos (Lacertilia: Reptilia) of the Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan. pp. 222-261 In: Matsui, M., Hikida, T. & Goris, R.C. (eds.). Current herpetology in East Asia. Herpetological Society of Japan: Kyoto.
Grismer, L.L., Ota, H. & Tanaka S. 1994. Phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with description of a new subspecies. Zoological Science 11(2): 319–335. BHL Reference page.
Environment Agency of Japan (eds.). 2000. Treatened Wildlife of Japan - Red Data Book - Reptillia/Amphibia. 2nd ed. ISBN 4-915959-70-8

Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Goniurosaurus splendens (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T18917767A18917771. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T18917767A18917771.en. Accessed on 01 July 2026.