Goniurosaurus splendens (NAKAMURA & UÉNO, 1959)
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Goniurosaurus splendens
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| Higher Taxa | Eublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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| Synonym | Eublepharis splendens NAKAMURA & UÉNO 1959: 47 Eublepharis kuroiwae splendens — NAKAMURA & UANO 1963 Amamisaurus splendens — BÖRNER 1981 Goniurosaurus kuroiwae splendens — GRISMER 1988 Goniurosaurus kuroiwae splendens — OTA 1989 Goniurosaurus kuroiwae splendens — RÖSLER 1995: 65 Goniurosaurus kuroiwae splendens — KAVERKIN 1999 Goniurosaurus splendens — DICKHOFF 2004 Goniurosaurus splendens — SEUFER et al. 2005 Goniurosaurus splendens — ZIEGLER et al. 2008 Goniurosaurus splendens — KURITA & TODA 2024 |
| Distribution | Japan (Tokunoshima) Type locality: a limestone cave called “Jinde-gumui”, Kametsu, Tokunoshima, Ryukyu Archipelago. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: KUZ (Zoological Institute, Kyoto University) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Body covered with minute, well convex scales, which are intermixed with numerous conical or trihedral tubercles on the dorsal side and are loosely imbricate only on the small area before vent; dorsal tubercles usually smaller than the interspaces between them; nostril bounded dorso-posteriorly by 8 minute scales; present 10 supralabials and as many sublabials; mental bounded posteriorly by 3 or 4 small scales, chin-shields not enlarged and not distinguishable from minute granular scales covering throat. Limbs fairly long and more or less slender. Tail cylindro-conical, swollen at basal one-third in the adult. Colour blackish brown above and cream white below, with 4 characteristic pink bands*) on the dorsal side, i.e., the foremost one on occiput, the second one a little behind the roots of fore-limbs, the third one some way before hind-limbs and the hindmost one just behind hind-limbs; the hindmost band continuing laterally to a round spot on the basal parts of metafemora; the apical part of each femur provided with a round pink spot; the apical part of tail greyish black above and below, with scattered marble white spots. (Nakamura & Uéno 1959) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 7803 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | This species is endangered. Distribution: see map in Kurita & Toda 2024: 88 (Fig. 1) |
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