Plestiodon barbouri

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

Last updated September 06, 2023

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]

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References

1 2 3 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.
1 2 3 Plestiodon barbouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.
↑ 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).