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Plestiodon elegans

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Plestiodon elegans, the five-striped blue-tailed skink or Shanghai elegant skink, is a species of skink. It is found in China, northern Vietnam, Taiwan, and the Senkaku Islands of Japan.[1][2]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
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Plestiodon elegans
Near Ho Chung, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Plestiodon
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Plestiodon elegans
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms

Eumeces elegans Boulenger, 1887

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