Plestiodon barbouri

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).

Plestiodon barbouri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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[2]
  • Eumeces barbouri
    Van Denburgh, 1912
  • Plestiodon barbouri
    — Schmitz, Mausfeld & Embert, 2004

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. 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.
  2. Plestiodon barbouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
  3. 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).



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.