Latitudinal range: 18.4° to 24.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2)

Found in 8 samples

Mexico: Acaxochitlán, San Bartolo Tutotepec, Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve (edge), Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve (interior), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (conserved), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (disturbed), Caobas Ejido (mature forest)

Taiwan: Kinmen Island

See also Plestiodon elegans, Plestiodon lynxe, Plestiodon parvulus, Plestiodon schwartzei, Plestiodon sumichrasti