Plestiodon elegans

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]

Plestiodon elegans
Near Ho Chung, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Plestiodon
Species:	P. elegans
Binomial name
Plestiodon elegans (Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms
Eumeces elegans Boulenger, 1887