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Japanese five-lined skink

Plestiodon japonicus

Classification

Family
Scincidae

Plestiodon japonicus is a species of lizard which is endemic to Japan. The IUCN lists the species as least concern. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1864 by the German naturalist Wilhelm Peters as Eumeces (Pleistodon) quinquelineatus var.

Distribution

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