Plestiodon kishinouyei

Plestiodon kishinouyei

Taxonavigation edit

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
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

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

Name edit

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

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

Synonyms edit

Eumeces kishinouyei Stejneger, 1901: 190 (protonym)

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

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

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

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Vernacular names edit

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