Goniurosaurus nebulozonatus KURITA & TODA, 2024
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Higher Taxa | Eublepharidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | Japanese: Yambaru Tokage-modoki |
Synonym | Goniurosaurus nebulozonatus KURITA & TODA 2024 Eublepharis kuroiwae kuroiwae — NAKAMURA & UÉNO 1963 (in part) Amamisaurus kuroiwae — BÖRNER 1981 (in part) Goniurosaurus kuroiwae — GRISMER 1987 (in part) Goniurosaurus kuroiwae — OTA 1989 (in part) Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiwae — GRISMER et al. 1994 (in part) Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiwae — NAKAMURA et al. 2014 (in part) Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiwae — HONDA et al., 2014 (N Okinawajima) Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiwae — HONDA & OTA 2017 (N Okinawajima) Goniurosaurus kuroiwae — KURITA et al., 2018 (northern species) |
Distribution | Japan (Okinawa: Okinawajima) Type locality: Oku, Kunigami Village, Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan (locality [2] in Fig. 1; 26.83460° N, 128.28726° E in WGS84; 10 m above sea level. |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: KUZ R88884 (Fig. 5), an adult male collected on 19 September 2020 by Takaki Kurita. Paratypes: KUZ R88885 from Benoki, Kunigami Vil., Kunigami Dist., Okinawa, Japan; OPM H1177, H1670 (two individuals), H1502596– H1502613 (formerly TPN 77050201– 77050204, 77052101, 77081804–77081812, 77081911, 77081912, 77082103, and 77082104), and H1502617 (formerly TPN 78042302) from Yona, Kunigami Vil., Kunigami Dist., Okinawa, Japan. |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Synonymy: after Kurita & Toda 2024, see references there. Distribution: see map in Kurita & Toda 2024: 88 (Fig. 1) |
Etymology | Named after Latin “nebula” (figuratively meaning obscurity) and “zona” (band), referring to diffused transverse bands on the trunk dorsum. |
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