This skink is one of the subspecies Tiliqua gigas, and it is distributed in the Kai Island as its specific name suggests. The band pattern of the other subspecies shows the tendency to disappear growing up by this subspecies.
写真のものはまぁ脱皮なので殊更変な色彩になっているが、脱いでもこいつは面白い。 The individual in the photograph above is sloughing off old skin.
鶯色と言えばよいだろうか。アオジタ特有のバンド模様はほぼ消失し、ワビの塊のような色彩に変化している。 After shedding. The body coloration has changed into olive.