Diploderma polygonatum ishigakiense
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The Sakishima tree lizard has a long tail, but its tail rarely breaks off.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Diploderma polygonatum ishigakiense
- Scientific name
- Diploderma polygonatum ishigakiense
- Japanese name
- サキシマキノボリトカゲ
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Diploderma
The Sakishima tree lizard is a subspecies of the kinobori-tokage (Diploderma polygonatum).
A lizard of the Yaeyama Islands and nearby islands; it is a subspecies found nowhere but Japan.
It mostly lives up in the trees of natural forests, but it is also seen in somewhat open places with plants growing on limestone.
Males have an unbroken white stripe running along each side of the body. Females are dark brown, reddish brown, or dull green.
How the Diploderma polygonatum ishigakiense lives
It eats insects, spiders, and similar animals. It has long legs and large claws for life in the trees.
多摩動物公園Basic data
- Size
- Total length: males 27 cm, females 20 cmHead and body length: males 68–77 mm, females 65–68 mm
- Diet
- Insects, spiders, and other animals
- Range
- Miyako and Yaeyama Islands in Japan
- Conservation status in Japan
- Near Threatened (NT)Ministry of the Environment of Japan, 5th Red List (2026)
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- サキシマキノボリトカゲ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 多摩動物公園 — キノボリトカゲ（サキシマキノボリトカゲ）Checked: 2026-11-03
- Ministry of the Environment of Japan, 5th Red List (2026)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
The conservation status in Japan is the category in the Red Lists of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, which assess the risk of extinction for wild animals in Japan.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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