Plestiodon elegans, the five-striped blue-tailed skink or Shanghai elegant skink, is a species of skink. It is found in China, northern Vietnam, Taiwan, and the Senkaku Islands of Japan.[1][2]
| Plestiodon elegans | |
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| P. elegans, near Ho Chung, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Plestiodon |
| Species: | P. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Plestiodon elegans (Boulenger, 1887)
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| Synonyms | |
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Eumeces elegans Boulenger, 1887 | |
References edit
- ^ a b Nguyen, T.Q.; Cai, B.; Yang, J.; Shang, G. (2019). "Plestiodon elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T96265106A96265116. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T96265106A96265116.en. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ Plestiodon elegans at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 2023.
- Selected body temperature, thermal tolerance and thermal dependence of food assimilation and locomotor performance in adult blue-tailed skinks, Eumeces elegans. WG Du, SJ Yan, X Ji, Journal of Thermal Biology, 2000
- Growth, sexual size dimorphism and female reproduction of blue tailed skinks, Eumeces elegans. DU Wei-Guo, JI Xiang, Zoological Research, 2001
External links edit
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