Goniurosaurus orientalis

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 orientalis

Name

Goniurosaurus orientalis (Maki, 1931)

• Holotype: NSMT H-02522 (formerly KUZ), adult ♀, collected on 16 March 1928.
• Type locality: “Tonaki-shima, Riu Kiu [=Ryukyu]”, Japan.

Combinations

• Eublepharis orientalis Maki, 1931: 10 [original combination]
• Eublepharis kuroiwae orientalis — Nakamura & Ueno, 1963 [subsquent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis — Ota, 1989 [subsquent combination]
• Goniurosaurus orientalis — Grismer, Viets & Boyle, 1999: 391 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Maki, M. 1931. A new banded gecko, Eublepharis orientalis, Sp. Nov. from Riu Kyu. Annotaiones Zoologicae Japonenses 13: 9–11.
• 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.
• Environment Agency of Japan (eds.). 2000. Treatened Wildlife of Japan - Red Data Book - Reptillia/Amphibia. 2nd ed. ISBN 4-915959-70-8
• 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 orientalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 November 2019.
• Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Goniurosaurus orientalis  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T18917757A18917761. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T18917757A18917761.en

Vernacular names

English: Spotted Ground Gecko
日本語: マダラトカゲモドキ