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

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.

凭祥睑虎线粒体基因组序列测定与分析

采用PCR扩增方法测定了凭祥睑虎(Goniurosaurus luii)线粒体基因组全序列。经测序线粒体基因组全长16 519 bp,含有13个蛋白质编码基因、2个r RNA基因、22个t RNA基因和1个控制区。凭祥睑虎线粒体基因组碱基组成分别为A(34.11%)、T(27.43%)、C(26.01%)、G(12.45%)。除t RNA-Ser(AGY)外,其余21个t RNA基因的二级结构均为典型的三叶草结构。13个蛋白质编码基因中,7个基因(ND1、ND4、ND5、COⅡ、COⅢ、ATP8、ATP6)的起始密码子为ATG,2个基因(ND2、ND3)为ATA,2个基因(ND4L、Cytb)为ACA,剩余2个分别为ATC(COI)和GTG(ND6)。终止密码子一般都是TAA、AGA或者TAA,ND2、ND3、ND4、ND6、ATP6、COⅢ6个基因由不完全终止密码子终止(TA或T)。控制区全长1 147 bp,含有7个串联重复序列、6个终止相关序列TAS和2个保守序列(CBS-2,CBS-3)。