Kuroiwa's ground gecko

Kuroiwa's ground gecko
in Ōgimi, Kunigami, Okinawa, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Eublepharidae
Genus: Goniurosaurus
Species:
G. kuroiwae
Binomial name
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae
(Namiye, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Gymnodactylus albofasciatus kuroiwae
    Namiye, 1912
  • Eublepharis kuroiwae
    — Wermuth, 1965
  • Amamisaurus kuroiwae
    — Börner, 1981
  • Goniurosaurus kuroiwae
    — Grismer, 1987

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.

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