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