Gekko shibatai

Gekko shibatai
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Gekko
Species:	G. shibatai
Binomial name
Gekko shibatai Toda, Sengoku, Hikida & Ota, 2008
Synonyms[2]
Gekko shibatai Toda, Sengoku, Hikida & Ota, 2008 Gekko (Japonigekko) shibatai — Wood et al., 2019

Gekko shibatai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Ryukyu Islands.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, shibatai, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Yasuhiko Shibata.^[3]

Geographic range

G. shibatai is found in the Tokara Group of the Ryukyu Islands. The type locality is Takarajima Island.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. shibatai, is forest.^[1]

Description

G. shibatai lacks distinct preanal pores even in the adult male.^[4]

Reproduction

G. shibatai is oviparous.^[2]

References

1. Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2017). "Gekko shibatai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T96251742A96251746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96251742A96251746.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Gekko shibatai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gekko shibatai, p. 242).
4. Toda et al. (2008).

Further reading

• Shibaike Y, Takahashi Y, Arikura I, Iiizumi R, Kitakawa S, Sakai M, Imaoka C, Shiro H, Tanaka H, Akakubo N, Nakano M, Ohne K, Kubota S, Kohno S, Ota H (2009). "Chromosome Evolution in the Lizard Genus Gekko (Gekkonidae, Squamata, Reptilia) in the East Asian Islands". Cytogenetic and Genome Research 127: 182–190.
• Toda M, Sengoku S, Hikida T, Ota H (2008). "Description of Two New Species of the Genus Gekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Tokara and Amami Island Groups in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan". Copeia 2008 (2): 452–466. (Gekko shibatai, new species).