Plestiodon kumesilvae KURITA & HIKIDA, 2025
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Plestiodon kumesilvae
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Japanese: Kume-BaBa-Tokage E: Kume Barbour's bule-tailed skink |
| Synonym | Plestiodon kumesilvae KURITA & HIKIDA 2025 Eumeces barbouri — VAN DENBURGH 1912 (part.) Plestiodon barbouri — MAENOSONO & TODA 2007 (part.) |
| Distribution | Japan (Kumejima island) Type locality: Uegusuku, Nakazato-son (now Kumejimacho), Kumejima island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: KUZ R36423, a subadult female, collected by M. Toyama on 24 July 1990. Paratypes (n = 12): all from Kumejima island. KUZ R36270, R36271, two yearling males from Mt. Uegusukudake, collected by H. Ota on 6-7 July 1996; KUZ R53230, R53232-R53234, R53238, R53239, CAS 267588 (former KUZ R53236) an adult male, and five adult and a subadult females from an unknown locality by H. Ota on 23 August 1989; KUZ R66333, a hatchling female from Mt. Darumayama, collected by K. Kurita on 20 September 2009; OPM-H-452, 453, a hatchling male and an adult female from Shirasegawa River, by an unknown collector on 18 September 1982. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Plestiodon kumesilvae sp. nov. is assigned to the P. latiscutatus species group, but can be distinguished from the relatives by the following combination of morphological characters: (1) MSR 20-22 (mean = 21.7, mode = 22; n = 13); (2) PoSO 3-4 (mean = 3.2, mode = 3; n= 13); (3) Nu 1 (mean = 1.0, mode = 1; n = 13); (4) PPN usually absent (absent in 12 and present in one cases; n= 13); (5) longitudinal light line five; (6) DLL passing on both second and third dorsal scale rows at midbody (n = 13); (7) and LL usually passing on fifth dorsal scale row at midbody (fifth row in 11, fifth and sixth rows in two cases; n= 13); (8) EISPF absent; (9) body coloration of juvenile very vivid. (Kurita & Hikida 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 11337 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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