Plestiodon kumesilvae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

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

Name

Plestiodon kumesilvae Kurita & Hikida, 2025: 278

• Holotype: KUZ R36423, subadult ♀, collected by M. Toyama on 24 July 1990.
• Type locality: “Uegusuku, Nakazato-son (now Kumejimacho), Kumejima island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan”.

References

Primary references

• Kurita, K. & Hikida, T. 2025. A Taxonomic Revision of the Barbour’s Blue-tailed Skink Plestiodon barbouri (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), With Descriptions of Three New Species. Species Diversity 30(2): 259–287. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.30.259 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Kume Barbour’s Blue-tailed Skink