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Kuroiwa's eyelid gecko
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Namiye, 1912)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Kuroiwa's ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae) (from Japanese: クロイワトカゲモドキ/黒岩蜥蜴擬), also known commonly as Kuroiwa's eyelid gecko, Kuroiwa's leopard gecko, the Okinawan ground gecko, the Ryukyu eyelid gecko, and the Tokashiki gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Eublepharidae. The species is endemic to the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.
Wikipedia contributors, Kuroiwa's ground gecko; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:08:28.594394+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Goniurosaurus kuroiwae (Namiye, 1912)
- Name authority
- (Namiye, 1912)
- Common name
- Kuroiwa's eyelid gecko
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Eublepharidae
- Genus
- Goniurosaurus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderGekkota
- familyEublepharidae
- genusGoniurosaurus
- speciesGoniurosaurus kuroiwae (Namiye, 1912)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Goniurosaurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bawangling Leopard geckoGoniurosaurus bawanglingensis Grismer, Shi, Orlov & Ananjeva, 2002 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cat Ba Leopard GeckoGoniurosaurus catbaensis Ziegler, Truong, Schmitz, Stenke & Rösler, 2008 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kwanghua Cave Gecko [kwanghua]Goniurosaurus hainanensis Barbour, 1908 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Goniurosaurus huuliensis Orlov, Ryabov, Nguyen, Nguyen & Ho, 2008 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guangxi Cave GeckoGoniurosaurus kwangsiensis Yang & Chan, 2015 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Libo Leopard GeckoGoniurosaurus liboensis Wang, Yang & Grismer, 2013 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chinese leopard geckoGoniurosaurus luii Grismer, Viets & Boyle, 1999 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iheyajima Leopard GeckoGoniurosaurus toyamai Grismer, Ota & Tanaka, 1994 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yamashina’s Leopard GeckoGoniurosaurus yamashinae (Okada, 1936) | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zhe-long’s Leopard GeckoGoniurosaurus zhelongi Wang, Jin, Li & Grismer, 2014 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gezhi Cave GeckoGoniurosaurus gezhi Zhu, HE & Li, 2020 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wu’s Cave GeckoGoniurosaurus wuzhengjuni Chen, Yu, Li, LI & Chen, 2026 | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gymnodactylus albofasciatus kuroiwae Namiye, 1912 Namiye, 1912 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Goniurosaurus&species=kuroiwae Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3GXYV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.