Plestiodon kishinouyei

Plestiodon kishinouyei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Plestiodon
Species: Plestiodon kishinouyei

Name

Plestiodon kishinouyei (Stejneger, 1901): 190 ["Eumeces kishinouyei"]

Type locality: "Islands of Yaeyama group, Riu Kiu Archipelago"; Japan.

Synonyms

Eumeces kishinouyei Stejneger, 1901: 190 (protonym)

Eponymy: K. Kishinoue [Stejneger, 1901: 191]

References

Primary references

• Stejneger, L. 1901. Diagnosis of eight new batrachians and reptiles from the Riu Kiu Archipelago, Japan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 14: 189–191. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Environment Agency of Japan (eds.), 2000. Treatened Wildlife of Japan -Red Data Book 2nd ed.- Reptillia/Amphibia. ISBN4-915959-70-8. [1]

Links

• IUCN: Plestiodon kishinouyei (Stejneger, 1901) (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

English: Kishinoue's Giant Skink
日本語: キシノウエトカゲ