| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Kishinoue's Giant Skink, Japanese Skink |
| Synonym | Eumeces kishinouyei STEJNEGER 1901: 190
Eumeces kishinouyei — STEJNEGER 1907: 210
Eumeces kishinouyei — TAYLOR 1936: 334
Eumeces kishinouyei — GRIFFITH, NGO & MURPHY 2000
Eumeces kishinouyei — CHEN et al. 2001
Plestiodon kishinouyei — SCHMITZ et al. 2004
Eumeces kishinouyei — GORIS & MAEDA 2004
Plestiodon kishinouyei — KURITA & TODA 2017 |
| Distribution | Japan (southern Riu Kiu chain of islands: Miyakoshima, Ishigaki shima, Iriomote)
Type locality: Miyakoshima, Sakishima group, Riu Kiu.
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| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: ZUMT (also as TIU) 22 (Science Collection Museum Tokyo) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | This species is classified as “near threatened” in Japan (Ota 2000).
Behavior: diurnal. However, Diaz-Sacco 2015 observed this species to be active on Iriomote-jima Island several times at night. Nocturnal activity was recorded mostly on rainy nights and exclusively in fall. |
| Etymology | Named in honour of Dr. K. Kishinouye, chief of the Fisheries Bureau, Imperial Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Tokyo. |
| References |
- Barbour, Thomas 1909. Notes on Amphibia and Reptilia from Eastern Asia. Proc. New England zool. Club 4: 53-78, 2 plates - get paper here
- BRANDLEY, MATTHEW C.; OTA, HIDETOSHI; HIKIDA, TSUTOMU; NIETO MONTES DE OCA, ADRIAN; FERIA-ORTIZ, MANUEL; GUO, XIANGUANG; WANG, YUEZHAO 2012. The phylogenetic systematics of blue-tailed skinks (Plestiodon) and the family Scincidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165 (1): 163-189 - get paper here
- Chen, Szu-Lung, Hidetoshi Ota and Tsutomu Hikida 2001. Geographic Variation in the Two Smooth Skinks, Scincella boettgeri and S. formosensis (Squamata: Scincidae), in the Subtropical East Asian Islands. Zoological Science 18 (1): 115-130 - get paper here
- Diaz-Sacco, Juan Jose 2015. Nocturnal Activity Records of the Kishinoue's Giant Skink, Plestiodon kishinouyei, on Iriomote-Jima Island. Current Herpetology 34 (2): 172-176 - get paper here
- Goris, R.C. & Maeda, N. 2004. Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Japan. Krieger, Malabar, 285 pp.
- Griffith, H., A. Ngo & R. W. Murphy 2000. A cladistic evaluation of the cosmopolitan genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 7 (1): 1-16 - get paper here
- Kurita, K. & Toda, M. 2017. The role of ecological factors in determining phylogeographic and population genetic structure of two sympatric island skinks (Plestiodon kishinouyei and P. stimpsonii). Genetica; doi:10.1007/s10709-017-9960-3 - get paper here
- Ota H 2000. The current geographic faunal pattern of reptiles and amphibians of the Ryukyu Archipelago and adjacent regions. Tropics 10: 51–62 - get paper here
- Ota, H. 2000. Current status of the threatened amphibians and reptiles of Japan. Popul. Ecol. 42: 5-9 - get paper here
- Schmitz, Andreas; Patrick Mausfeld and Dirk Embert 2004. Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications. Hamadryad 28 (1-2): 73 – 89 - get paper here
- Stejneger, L. 1901. Diagnosis of eight new batrachians and reptiles from the Riu Kiu Archipelago, Japan. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14: 189-191 - get paper here
- Stejneger, LEONHARD H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 58: xx, 1-577 - get paper here
- Taylor, E. H. 1936. A taxonomic study of the cosmopolitan lizards of the genus Eumeces with an account of the distribution and relationship of its species. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 23 (14): 1-643 [1935] - get paper here
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