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title: "Chinese Skink"
description: "Plestiodon chinensis — Reptielen. Plestiodon chinensis, the Chinese blue-tailed skink, is a species of lizard which is found in China, western Taiwan, and northern Vietnam."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/chinese-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chinese Skink

> Plestiodon chinensis — Reptielen. Plestiodon chinensis, the Chinese blue-tailed skink, is a species of lizard which is found in China, western Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.

- Scientific name: *Plestiodon chinensis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 696
- Wikidata: [Q5121161](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5121161)
- iNaturalist taxon: [38460](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38460)

## Names

- en: Chinese Skink
- de: China-Blauschwanzskink

## Countries with the most observations

CN (204), TW (184), HK (133), MO (5)

## Summary

Plestiodon chinensis, the Chinese blue-tailed skink, is a species of lizard which is found in China, western Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.

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

## Photo

![Chinese Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chinese-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39884549

## Machine access

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