- English Common Name:
- Yamashina’s Ground Gecko
- Scientific name
- Goniurosaurus kuroiwae yamashinae
- Taxonomy
- Order: Squamata, Family: Eublepharidae
- Size
- 12 – 14 cm
- Species Distribution
- Kumejima Island
- Okinawa Prefecture Natural Monument
- National Endangered Species
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Endangered
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Critically Endangered
- This is a subspecies of Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiiwae that is endemic to Kumejima Island. Yamashina’s Ground Gecko stores fat in its tail to survive through periods when food is scarce. Therefore, fat-tailed individuals are found. When it faces its enemies, it sticks its tail up to threaten them.
Yamashina’s Ground Gecko with its tail up.
The tail is thickened due to accumulation of fat.
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※Please Note!
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae yamashinae is a national endangered species and National Natural Monument. Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and Okinawa Prefecture’s law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. - Updated June 2017