Egg-laying and hatching of the Eastern Japanese Skink, Plestiodon finitimus, in captivity

Abstract

　This study assessed the reproductive traits of a female skink (Plestiodon finitimus) maintained in captivity from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. This is the first study to provide detailed data regarding several reproductive traits of P. finitimus, such as clutch size, brooding behavior, incubation period, and hatchling size. These findings suggest that the reproductive ecology of P. finitimus is likely similar to that of its sister species, P. japonicus, within the previously known Japanese Plestiodon.