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Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (NAMIYE, 1912)

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Higher TaxaEublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kuroiwa's eyelid gecko, Kuroiwa’s Leopard Gecko, Tokashiki Gecko
G: Okinawa-Krallengecko 
SynonymGymnodactylus albofasciatus kuroiwae NAMIYE 1912
Eublepharis orientalis — OKADA 1936
Gymnodactylus albofasciatus kuroiwae — OKADA 1958: 104
Eublepharis kuroiwae — WERMUTH 1965: 28
Eublepharis kuroiwae kuroiwae — NAKAMURA & UÉNO 1963
Amamisaurus kuroiwae — BÖRNER 1981
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae — GRISMER 1987: 44
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae — SEUFER et al. 2005
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae — KURITA et al. 2017
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae — KURITA & TODA 2024 
DistributionJapan (Okinawajima, Sesokojima, and Kourijima)

Type locality: Ryukyu Islands
Type locality: Mt. Taniyo-dake, Haneji, Kunigami-gun, Okinawajima (fide OTA 1989).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NSMT H022525 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Kurita & Toda 2024: 105


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CommentSynonymy: Gymnodactylus yamashinae OKADA 1936 has been synonymized with G. k. orientalis by NAKAMURA & UANO (1963) and OTA 1989. Both forms have been confused often.

Subspecies: Many recent authors consider all previous subspecies of Goniurosaurus kuroiwae as valid species. Honda et al. (2014) found substantial genetic divergence between G. k. splendens from the Amami Island Group and the remaining subspecies all from the Okinawa Island Group; and at least six independent lineages within the latter, indicating non-monophyly for two of the subspecies, G. k. kuroiwae and G. k. orientalis.

Conservation: A new extinct subspecies from Yoronjima Island (Ryukyu Archipelago) was recently described as Goniurosaurus kuroiwae yunnu Nakamura, Takahashi and Ota 2014. Kurita & Toda 2024 suggested to raise yunnu to full species status “although the phylogenetic position of G. k. yunnu is unknown” (seriously ?).

Distribution: see map in Kurita & Toda 2024: 88 (Fig. 1) 
EtymologyNamed after T. Kuroiwa who collected the holotype (1909). 
References
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