Plestiodon marginatus

Plestiodon marginatus, the Ousima skink or Okinawa blue-tailed skink, is a species of skink. It is endemic to the central (Okinawa Islands) and northern parts (Amami Islands, Tokara Islands) of the Ryukyu Islands (Japan).^[1][2]

Plestiodon marginatus
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Plestiodon
Species:	P. marginatus
Binomial name
Plestiodon marginatus Hallowell, 1861
Synonyms[2]
Eumeces marginatus (Hallowell, 1861)