Goniurosaurus toyamai

Taxonavigation

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

Superfamilia: Eublepharoidea
Familia: Eublepharidae
Genus: Goniurosaurus
Species: Goniurosaurus toyamai

Name

Goniurosaurus toyamai Grismer, Ota & Tanaka, 1994

• Holotype: KUZ 9983, adult ♂, collected by S. Tanaka on 4 July 1977.
• Type locality: “Iheyajima Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan”.

Combinations

• Gonuirosaurus kuroiwae toyamai Grismer, Ota & Tanaka, 1994: 328 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Goniurosaurus toyamai — Grismer, Viets & Boyle, 1999: 391 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• 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. 

Additional references

• 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.
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Goniurosaurus toyamai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 January 2020.
• Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Goniurosaurus toyamai  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T18917777A18917779. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T18917777A18917779.en

Vernacular names

English: Iheyajima Leopard Gecko
日本語: イヘヤトカゲモドキ