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Barbour's Eyelid Skink
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).
From the article Plestiodon barbouri on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
P. barbouri is found on the Amami Islands and the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37801.