Shanghai Elegant Skink-國立臺灣博物館典藏查詢資訊系統-Collection-TMRL0009

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Shanghai Elegant Skink

species_info
- english title:Shanghai Elegant Skink
- scientific_name:Plestiodon elegans
- DIVISION:Chordata
- subphylum:Vertebrata
- class:Reptilia
- subclass:Eureptilia
- orders:Squamata
- suborder:Lacertilia
- family:Scincidae
- subfamily:Scincinae
- genus:Plestiodon
- species:elegans
- species_author:Boulenger
- species_pub_year:1887
- common name
  - common name english:Five-striped blue-tailed skink, Elegant five-lined skink, Elegant skink, Common skink
collection_content
- collection_info
  - quantity:1
- collection_feature
  - S-V length:41 mm
  - Tail length:56 mm
- collection_record
  - catalog no:TMRL0009
  - CAT_NO:RE.0111
gdesc_info
- GDESC:　　本標本為浸液標本，吻肛長4.1公分，尾長5.6公分。
  　　體長可達20～25公分，尾長約為吻肛長的1.5倍左右；全身鱗片光滑，身體肥胖形，四肢發達，後肢大腿內側有一不規則排列的大形鱗片區；幼體頭、體背面以黑色為底，上有5條黃色縱紋延伸至尾巴基部，四肢黑色，尾部為鮮豔的藍色，隨著成長黑色部分會轉為淺褐色，金線及藍尾也會趨於不明顯或完全消失，雄性成體的頭、體側面有紅色斑紋；成熟雌性個體的身體背面有五條明顯的淺色縱紋。
  　　分布於臺灣、中國大陸南部及日本尖閣列島。喜活動於中、低海拔的開闊草生地、及亂石雜草區；日行性，以昆蟲等小形節肢動物為食，尾部易自割，卵生，產卵期約在5、6月，此時雌蜥會於石塊下挖洞產卵，每窩約可產卵7～9枚，雌蜥有明顯的護卵及護幼行為。
  
  （林俊聰撰）