Plestiodon barbouri

Plestiodon barbouri
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Plestiodon
Species:	P. barbouri
Binomial name
Plestiodon barbouri (Van Denburgh, 1912)
Synonyms [2]
Eumeces barbouri Van Denburgh, 1912 Plestiodon barbouri — Schmitz, Mausfeld & Embert, 2004

Plestiodon barbouri, also known commonly as Barbour's blue-tailed skink and Barbour's eyelid skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Ryukyu Islands (Japan).

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour. ^[3]

Geographic range

P. barbouri is found on the Amami Islands and the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan. ^{[1] [2]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. barbouri are forest and shrubland. ^[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of P. barbouri is unknown. ^[2]

References

1. Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2017). "Plestiodon barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T199742A96879280. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T199742A96879280.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Plestiodon barbouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eumeces barbouri, p. 16).

Further reading

• Schmitz A, Mausfeld P, Embert D (2004). "Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic imlications". Hamadryad28 (1–2): 73–89. (Plestiodon barbouri, new combination).
• Van Denburgh J (1912). "Concerning Certain Species of Reptiles and Amphibians from China, Japan, the Loo Choo Islands, and Formosa". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series3: 187–257. (Eumeces barbouri, new species, pp. 215–216).