Kishinoue's giant skink, also known as the Japanese skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae, endemic to the southern Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
Description
Plestiodon kishinouyei is about in total length (including tail), with a snout to vent length of . It is the largest member of its widely distributed, speciose genus, and thus appears to be an example of island gigantism. ==References==