| Tropidophorus | |
|---|---|
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| T. berdmorei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
| Genus: | Tropidophorus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| T. cocincinensis | |
| Species | |
| See text. | |
Tropidophorus is a genus of semiaquatic lizards in the skink family (Scincidae), found in Indochina, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. They are sometimes known as water skinks[1] or waterside skinks.[2]
Species
The following 29 species are recognized:[3]
- Tropidophorus assamensis Annandale, 1912 – north-eastern water skink
- Tropidophorus baconi Hikida, Riyanto & Ota, 2003
- Tropidophorus baviensis Bourret, 1939 – Bavi water skink, Bavay's keeled skink
- Tropidophorus beccarii W. Peters, 1871 – Beccari's keeled skink
- Tropidophorus berdmorei (Blyth, 1853) – Berdmore's water skink
- Tropidophorus boehmei T.Q. Nguyen et al., 2010 – Boehme's water skink
- Tropidophorus brookei (Gray, 1845) – Brook's keeled skink
- Tropidophorus cocincinensis A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Cochinchinese water skink
- Tropidophorus davaoensis Bacon, 1980 – Davao waterside skink
- Tropidophorus grayi Günther, 1861 – Gray's water skink,[4] spiny waterside skink, Gray's keeled skink
- Tropidophorus guangxiensis Y. Wen, 1992
- Tropidophorus hainanus M.A. Smith, 1923 – Hainan water skink
- Tropidophorus hangnam Chuaynkern et al., 2005
- Tropidophorus iniquus Lidth de Jeude, 1905
- Tropidophorus laotus M.A. Smith, 1923 – Laotian water skink, Laotian keeled skink
- Tropidophorus latiscutatus Hikida et al., 2002
- Tropidophorus matsuii Hikida et al., 2002
- Tropidophorus microlepis Günther, 1861 – small-scaled water skink
- Tropidophorus micropus Lidth de Jeude, 1905
- Tropidophorus misaminius Stejneger, 1908 – Misamis waterside skink
- Tropidophorus mocquardii Boulenger, 1894
- Tropidophorus murphyi Hikida et al., 2002 – Murphy’s water skink
- Tropidophorus noggei T. Ziegler et al., 2005 – Nogge’s water skink
- Tropidophorus partelloi Stejneger, 1910 – Partello's waterside skink
- Tropidophorus perplexus Barbour, 1921
- Tropidophorus robinsoni M.A. Smith, 1919 – Robinson's water skink, Robinson's keeled skink
- Tropidophorus sebi Pui, Karin, Bauer, & Das, 2017 – Baleh water skink
- Tropidophorus sinicus Boettger, 1886 – Chinese water skink
- Tropidophorus thai M.A. Smith, 1919 Thai water skink, Thai stream skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropidophorus.
References
- ^ Das I (2010). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-East Asia. London: New Holland. 376 pp. ISBN 978-1-84773-347-4.
- ^ See IUCN search results for Tropidophorus
- ^ Genus Tropidophorus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidophorus grayi, p. 107; T. mocquardi, p. 181).
Further reading
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Tropidophorus, new genus, pp. 554–556). (in French).
External links
- Honda M, Ota H, Murphy RW, Hikida T (2006). "Phylogeny and biogeography of water skinks of the genus Tropidophorus (Reptilia: Scincidae): a molecular approach" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 35 (1): 85–95. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00215.x.