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Yamashina’s Leopard Gecko

Goniurosaurus yamashinae (Okada, 1936)

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Goniurosaurus yamashinae (Okada, 1936)
Name authority
(Okada, 1936)
Common name
Yamashina’s Leopard 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderGekkota
  11. familyEublepharidae
  12. genusGoniurosaurus
  13. speciesGoniurosaurus yamashinae (Okada, 1936)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Goniurosaurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Bawangling Leopard geckoGoniurosaurus bawanglingensis Grismer, Shi, Orlov & Ananjeva, 2002EublepharidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cat Ba Leopard GeckoGoniurosaurus catbaensis Ziegler, Truong, Schmitz, Stenke & Rösler, 2008EublepharidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Kwanghua Cave Gecko [kwanghua]Goniurosaurus hainanensis Barbour, 1908EublepharidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Goniurosaurus huuliensis Orlov, Ryabov, Nguyen, Nguyen & Ho, 2008EublepharidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Kuroiwa's eyelid geckoGoniurosaurus kuroiwae (Namiye, 1912)EublepharidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Guangxi Cave GeckoGoniurosaurus kwangsiensis Yang & Chan, 2015EublepharidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Libo Leopard GeckoGoniurosaurus liboensis Wang, Yang & Grismer, 2013EublepharidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chinese leopard geckoGoniurosaurus luii Grismer, Viets & Boyle, 1999EublepharidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Iheyajima Leopard GeckoGoniurosaurus toyamai Grismer, Ota & Tanaka, 1994EublepharidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Zhe-long’s Leopard GeckoGoniurosaurus zhelongi Wang, Jin, Li & Grismer, 2014EublepharidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gezhi Cave GeckoGoniurosaurus gezhi Zhu, HE & Li, 2020EublepharidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Wu’s Cave GeckoGoniurosaurus wuzhengjuni Chen, Yu, Li, LI & Chen, 2026EublepharidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 31 records assigned to Eublepharidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Gymnodactylus yamashinae Okada, 1936 Okada, 1936synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Japan (Kumejima)

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.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Goniurosaurus&species=yamashinae 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:3GXZ6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.