A Taxonomic Revision of the Barbour’s Blue-tailed Skink Plestiodon barbouri (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), With Descriptions of Three New Species

We herein provide a taxonomic revision of the species complex of Plestiodon barbouri (Van Denburgh, 1912) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Molecular and morphological analyses showed that P. barbouri sensu lato comprised at least four distinct lineages, each warranting recognition as a separate spe...

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Autors principals:	Kazuki Kurita, Tsutomu Hikida
Format:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicat:	Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 2025-11-01
Col·lecció:	Species Diversity
Matèries:	amami group cryptic diversity geographic variation okinawa group plestiodon toyamai sp. nov. plestiodon iheyaesilvae sp. nov. plestiodon kumesilvae sp. nov. ryukyu archipelago
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