- English Common Name
- Ryukyu Five-lined Skink
- Scientific name
- Plestiodon marginatus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Squamata, Family: Scincidae
- Size
- About 19 cm
- Species Distribution
- Okinawa Group, Yoron, Okinoerabujima, and Nakanoshima Islands
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- This species prefers to live in sandy places and can be found in open areas around coast line. The appearance is like Barbour’s Blue-tailed Skink, but the species can be easily identified from its habitat.
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- Updated December 2017]
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