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Far Eastern Skink

Plestiodon latiscutatus

Classification

Family
Scincidae

Plestiodon latiscutatus, also known commonly as the Far Eastern skink, Okada's five-lined skink, and Okada-Tokage (オカダトカゲ) in Japanese, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Scincinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Japan. Taxonomy The species Plestiodon latiscutatus was first described by the American herpetologist Edward Hallowell in 1861.

Distribution

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