Goniurosaurus yamashinae

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

Goniurosaurus yamashinae (Okada, 1936)

Holotype: lost. [destroyed during WWII]
Type locality: “in a cave on the coast of Kumejima, an island comparatively near to the main island of Okinawa”, Japan.

Gymnodactylus yamashinae Okada, 1936: 53 [original combination]
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae yamashinae — Grismer, 1988 [subsquent combination, as subspecies]
Goniurosaurus yamashinae — Grismer, Viets & Boyle, 1999: 391 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Okada, Y. 1936. A new cave-gecko, Gymnodactylus yamashinae from Kumejima, Okinawa group. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 12: 53–54.
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.
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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Goniurosaurus yamashinae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 January 2020.
Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Goniurosaurus yamashinae (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T18917785A18917789. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T18917785A18917789.en

English: Yamashina's Ground Gecko
日本語: ヤマシナトカゲモドキ, クメトカゲモドキ