Goniurosaurus is a genus of geckos, containing 25 species. Members are known by various names including ground geckos, tiger geckos, leopard geckos, and cave geckos Members of this genus are found in China, Japan, and Vietnam. For this reason they are known commonly as Asian geckos. They belong to the family Eublepharidae.
The Kuroiwa's ground gecko, also known as the Ryuku eyelid gecko, Kuroiwa's leopard gecko, Kuroiwa's eyelid gecko, Okinawan ground gecko, or Tokashiki gecko, is a species of lizards in the family Eublepharidae. The species is endemic to the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.
The black-headed monitor or black-tailed monitor is a relatively small species of monitor lizards native to Australia. It is occasionally also called the mournful monitor, freckled monitor or the racehorse monitor, a name it shares with the Gould's monitor due to their exceptional speed. It is placed in the subgenus Odatria.
The Vietnamese leopard gecko or Chinese tiger gecko is a species of lizards in the family Eublepharidae. It is endemic to the Cao Bằng Province of Vietnam. The scientific species name, is from the Latin, aranea, which means "spider", due to the spindly, spider-like form of this species.
Lichtenfelder's gecko is a species of lizard in the family Eublepharidae. The species is endemic to southeastern Asia.
Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis is a species of geckos endemic to the Hainan Bawangling National Nature Reserve in the southwest part of Hainan Island, China.
Goniurosaurus catbaensis, also known as the Cat Ba leopard gecko or Cat Ba tiger gecko is a gecko endemic to Cát Bà Island in Vietnam.
Goniurosaurus hainanensis, also known as the “Chinese Cave Gecko” is a nocturnal species of gecko endemic to China, more specifically the island Hainan. Its common name is the Chinese cave gecko or simply cave gecko. The exotic pet trade has been driving numbers of this rare species down since its categorization in the early 2000s, and could eventually lead to its extinction.
The banded ground gecko is a gecko. It is endemic to Tokunoshima in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.<
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).
Yamashina's ground gecko is a species of gecko. It is endemic to Kume Island in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
The Oriental scaly-toed gecko is a species of gecko. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.
Zhou's leopard gecko is a species of geckos endemic to Hainan Island, China.
Sengoku's gecko is a species of gecko. It is endemic to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan and only found on two islands in the Okinawa group: Tokashiki Island and Aka Island.
In the context of the conservation of endangered species in Japan, and the list below, Endangered Species are those designated by Cabinet order in accordance with the 1992 Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. There are two main types of Endangered Species, National Endangered Species (国内希少野生動植物種) (NES) and International Endangered Species (国際希少野生動植物種) (IES), although there is also provision for Temporarily Designated Endangered Species (緊急指定種), as well as Designated Nationally Endangered Species (特定国内希少野生動植物種)—and businesses dealing with Designated Nationally Endangered Species (特定国内種事業) and Designated Internationally Endangered Species (特定国際種事業).
