Plestiodon tamdaoensis (Bourret, 1937)
Vietnamese Five-lined Skink 越南五線石龍子
Suborder
Lacertilia 蜥蜴亞目
Body with five yellowish white stripes - three dorsal and two lateral stripes.
Similar coloration with Blue-tailed Skink (Plestiodon quadrilineatus) and Five-striped Blue-tailed Skink (P. elegans).
Easily distinguished between P. quadrilineatus with 5 strips on dorsum (P. quadrilineatus has four).
Separated from P. elegans by the absence of two-pronged marking on the head.
Tail blue in colour, but probably fades with age.
Originally belong to genus Eumeces. In 2004, classified into a new genus Plestiodon by molecular study.
Reference: Hikida T., Lau M.W.N. & Ota H. 2001. A new record of the Vietnamese Five-lined skink, Eumeces tamdaoensis (Reptilia: Scincidae), from Hong Kong, China, with special reference to its sexual dimorphism. Nat. Hist. J. Chulalongkorn Univ. 1 (1): 9-13
Presumably inhabits woodland.
First specimen (female) collected at Lo Fu Kei Shek (老虎騎石), Sai Kung in 1998 by David Willott.
Recorded from few localities restricted in Sai Kung.
Occurs in Vietnam.
