Plestiodon leucostictus

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Plestiodon leucostictus
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Plestiodon chinensis formosensis (left) and Plestiodon leucostictus (right)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Plestiodon
Species:
P. leucostictus
Binomial name
Plestiodon leucostictus
(Hikida, 1988)
Synonyms [2]
  • Eumeces chinensis leucostictus Hikida, 1988
  • Plestiodon chinensis leucostictus (Hikida, 1988)

Plestiodon leucostictus, the Chinese blue-tailed skink, is a species of skink. It is endemic to Taiwan [1] [2] [3] and occurs in the eastern part of the main island as well as on Green Island. [1] As currently delimited, it includes Plestiodon chinensis formosensis from the eastern parts of Taiwan and Eumeces chinensis leucostictus originally described from Green Island; the taxonomic position of Plestiodon chinensis formosensis from western Taiwan is unsettled. [4]

Plestiodon leucostictus mainly occurs in cultivated land or large areas of open grassland. It is common on Green Island, but rare on the mainland. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Shang, G.; Tsai, S. (2021). "Plestiodon leucostictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T128380138A128380152. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T128380138A128380152.en . Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 Lin, Si-Min. "Plestiodon leucostictus (Hikida, 1988)". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. Plestiodon leucostictus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 September 2023.
  4. Kurita, Kazuki; Nakamura, Yukiko; Okamoto, Taku; Lin, Si-Min & Hikida, Tsutomu (2017). "Taxonomic reassessment of two subspecies of Chinese skink in Taiwan based on morphological and molecular investigations (Squamata, Scincidae)". ZooKeys (687): 131–148. Bibcode:2017ZooK..687..131K. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.687.12742 . PMC   5672577 . PMID   29114169.