Kuroiwa's ground gecko
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| Kuroiwa's ground gecko in Ōgimi, Kunigami, Okinawa, Japan | |
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| Species: | G. kuroiwae
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| Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Namiye, 1912)
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Kuroiwa's ground gecko, or the Okinawan ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae), is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Japan.
Etymology
The specific name, kuroiwae, is in honor of T. Kuroiwa, collector of the holotype.[3]
Common names
Additional common names for G. kuroiwae include Kuroiwa's eyelid gecko, Kuroiwa's leopard gecko, and Tokashiki gecko.[2]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ a b "Goniurosaurus kuroiwae ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae, p. 148).
Further reading
- Namiye M. 1912. "[The geckos from the Okinawa Islands]". Dobutugaku Zasshi [Zoological Magazine], Tokyo 24: 442-445. (Gymnodactylus albofasciatus kuroiwae, new subspecies). (in Japanese).
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