Goniurosaurus toyamai

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Goniurosaurus toyamai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Eublepharidae
Genus: Goniurosaurus
Species:
G. toyamai
Binomial name
Goniurosaurus toyamai
Grismer  [ fr ], Ota & Tanaka, 1994
Synonyms [2]
  • Goniurosaurus kuroiwae toyamai
    Grismer, Ota & Tanaka, 1994
  • Goniurosaurus toyamai
    Dickhoff, 2004

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]

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Etymology

The specific name, toyamai, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Masanao Toyama. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. toyamai is forest. [1]

Reproduction

G. toyamai is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. 1 2 3 Goniurosaurus toyamai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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).

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