...The back of the adult is uniformly brownish and the blue color of the tail fades, but the whole is shiny. Of the Japanese lizards, the Kishinouyei lizard of the Sakishima Islands is large, reaching a total length of 26-39 cm, while the Ishigaki lizard of the Yaeyama Islands is slightly smaller at 15 cm, and all the others are around 20-25 cm in total length. The Blue-striped Lizard E. elegans , found in Taiwan and China, is found only in the Senkaku Islands in Japan, and the distribution of the species in the Nansei Islands that has been recorded so far is thought to be incorrect. *Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kishinoue's Skink" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…成体の背面は一様に茶褐色となり尾の青色も薄れるが,全体に光沢がある。 日本産トカゲ属のうち,先島諸島産のキシノウエトカゲE.kishinouyeiが全長26~39cmほどに達する大型であり,八重山諸島産イシガキトカゲE.stimpsoniが全長15cmでやや小型であるほかは,すべて全長20~25cmくらい。台湾,中国に分布するアオスジトカゲE.elegansは,日本では尖閣諸島にのみ分布し,従来記録されている南西諸島各地の分布は誤りと考えられる。… ※「キシノウエトカゲ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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