On the Live Coloration and Partial Mitochondrial DNA Sequences in the Topotypic Population of Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis（Squamata: Eublepharidae）, with Description of a New Subspecies from Tokashikijima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Masanao HONDAHidetoshi OTA

Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of TsukubaInstitute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo, and Museum of Nature and Human Activities

摘要：Careful investigations of live coloration and other characters in the eublepharid gecko Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis from Tonakijima Island, the type locality of the subspecies in the Central Ryukyus, Japan, revealed its slight but consistent external differences from the consubspecific Tokashikijima population, whose phylogenetically divergent status against the former had been strongly suggested in a previous molecular study. A new subspecies, Goniurosaurus kuroiwae sengokui subsp. nov., is thus described for the Tokashikijima population. In life, Goniurosaurus k. sengokui subsp. nov. can be discriminated from G. k. orientalis in showing tint of reddish or pinkish, instead of yellowish, coloration in dorsal body pattern, and also usually darker and more or less reddish, instead of yellowish or grayish, iris in both adults and juveniles. Recalculation of sequence data at hand with relevant Gen Bank data confirmed substantial sequence divergences of G. k. sengokui from all other congeneric taxa of the Ryukyus described so far.

基金资助：

partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid from the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology （Scientific Research C No.22510244 to M. Honda）； a grant from the Zoshinkai Fund for Protection of Endangered Animals （to H.Ota）；