Kishinoue's Giant Skink
Plestiodon kishinouyei
Photo: hakkahamushi / CC BY-NC 4.0 / iNaturalist
A large skink endemic to Japan's Miyako and Yaeyama Islands, with a brown back and glossy scales. It occurs in scrub, grassland, farm tracks and coastal woodland. Its distinctive distribution and scientific importance, together with increasing capture for commercial trade, prompted its designation as a national Natural Monument in 1975 without a specified geographic boundary. Habitat alteration and introduced weasels are current threats.
- Scientific name
- Plestiodon kishinouyei
- Group
- Reptiles
- Prefectures
- Okinawa
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- Near ThreatenedMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- 日本語
- キシノウエトカゲ
- 简体中文
- 岸上石龙子
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The Kishinoue's Giant Skink is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Okinawa.
The Kishinoue's Giant Skink is listed as "Near Threatened" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as キシノウエトカゲ).
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