Goniurosaurus toyamai
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Eublepharidae |
Genus: | Goniurosaurus |
Species: | G. toyamai
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Binomial name | |
Goniurosaurus toyamai | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Goniurosaurus toyamai, also called commonly the Iheja ground gecko, the Iheyajima leopard gecko, and Toyama's ground gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Eublepharidae. The species is endemic to the island of Iheyajima in the Ryukyu Islands (Japan).[1][2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, toyamai, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Masanao Toyama.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of G. toyamai is forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kidera, N. & Ota, H. (2021) [errata version of 2017 assessment]. "Goniurosaurus toyamai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T18917777A194398784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T18917777A194398784.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Goniurosaurus toyamai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Goniurosaurus toyamai, p. 267).
Further reading
[edit]- Dickhoff A (2004). "Ein Tiger im Terrarium – Haltung und Nachzucht von Goniurosaurus araneus (GRISMER, VIETS & BOYLE 1999)". Draco 5: 76–81. (Goniurosaurus toyamai, new status). (in German).
- Grismer LL , 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, Tokyo 11: 319–335. (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae toyamai, new subspecies, pp. 328–330, Figure 7).