---
title: "Japanese five-lined skink"
description: "Plestiodon finitimus — Reptiles. Plestiodon finitimus, the Far Eastern skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to Japan and Russia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/japanese-five-lined-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Japanese five-lined skink

> Plestiodon finitimus — Reptiles. Plestiodon finitimus, the Far Eastern skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to Japan and Russia.

- Scientific name: *Plestiodon finitimus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 2672
- Wikidata: [Q11846782](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11846782)
- iNaturalist taxon: [318747](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/318747)

## Names

- en: Japanese five-lined skink

## Countries with the most observations

JP (2626), RU (27)

## Summary

Plestiodon finitimus, the Far Eastern skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to Japan and Russia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plestiodon_finitimus

## Photo

![Japanese five-lined skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/japanese-five-lined-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: bko · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358563238

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/japanese-five-lined-skink?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).