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]
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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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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]
References
edit- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b Lin, Si-Min. "Plestiodon leucostictus (Hikida, 1988)". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ Plestiodon leucostictus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 September 2023.
- ^ 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.
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