Biology:Plestiodon barbouri
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Short description: Species of reptile
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Plestiodon |
| Species: | P. barbouri
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| Plestiodon barbouri (Van Denburgh, 1912)
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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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199742/96879280. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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).
Further reading
- Schmitz A, Mausfeld P, Embert D (2004). "Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic imlications". Hamadryad 28 (1–2): 73–89. (Plestiodon barbouri, new combination).
- Van Denburgh J (1912). "Concerning Certain Species of Reptiles and Amphibians from China, Japan, the Loo Choo Islands, and Formosa". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 3: 187–257. (Eumeces barbouri, new species, pp. 215–216).
Wikidata ☰ Q6450367 entry
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