Wildlifeof China
Shanghai Elegant Skink
Skinks & Lacertids
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Plestiodon elegans
China Red List: Least Concern (LC)
Basic stats
Range
China, northern Vietnam, Taiwan and the Senkaku Islands (Japan)
The five-striped blue-tailed skink or Shanghai elegant skink (Plestiodon elegans) is found in China (west to Yunnan, north through Sichuan to southern Henan, plus Fujian and Hunan), northern Vietnam, Taiwan and the Senkaku Islands. (The Reptile Database; Wikipedia, general species account)
Quick answers
- Where is the Shanghai Elegant Skink found?
- China, northern Vietnam, Taiwan and the Senkaku Islands (Japan)