| Plestiodon barbouri | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Plestiodon |
| Species: | P. barbouri |
| Binomial name | |
| Plestiodon barbouri (Van Denburgh, 1912) | |
| Synonyms | |
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.
Geographic range
P. barbouri is found on the Amami Islands and the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of P. barbouri are forest and shrubland.
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of P. barbouri is unknown.
References
- ^ 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. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ 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).
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Plestiodon barbouri | |
| Eumeces barbouri | |
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