Tropidophorus

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]

Tropidophorus
T. berdmorei, Figure 3., top
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.

Species

The following 29 species are recognized:[3]

• Tropidophorus assamensis Annandale, 1912
• Tropidophorus baconi Hikida, Riyanto & Ota, 2003 – Sulawesi water skink
• Tropidophorus baviensis Bourret, 1939
• Tropidophorus beccarii W. Peters, 1871
• Tropidophorus berdmorei (Blyth, 1853)
• Tropidophorus boehmei T.Q. Nguyen et al., 2010
• Tropidophorus brookei (Gray, 1845)
• Tropidophorus cocincinensis A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
• Tropidophorus davaoensis Bacon, 1980
• Tropidophorus grayi Günther, 1861 – Gray's water skink[4]
• Tropidophorus guangxiensis Y. Wen, 1992
• Tropidophorus hainanus M.A. Smith, 1923
• Tropidophorus hangnam Chuaynkern et al., 2005
• Tropidophorus iniquus Lidth de Jeude, 1905
• Tropidophorus laotus M.A. Smith, 1923
• Tropidophorus latiscutatus Hikida et al., 2002
• Tropidophorus matsuii Hikida et al., 2002
• Tropidophorus microlepis Günther, 1861
• Tropidophorus micropus Lidth de Jeude, 1905
• Tropidophorus misaminius Stejneger, 1908
• Tropidophorus mocquardii Boulenger, 1894 – Mocquard's keeled skink[4]
• Tropidophorus murphyi Hikida et al., 2002
• Tropidophorus noggei T. Ziegler et al., 2005
• Tropidophorus partelloi Stejneger, 1910
• Tropidophorus perplexus Barbour, 1921
• Tropidophorus robinsoni M.A. Smith, 1919
• Tropidophorus sebi Pui, Karin, Bauer, & Das, 2017
• Tropidophorus sinicus Boettger, 1886
• Tropidophorus thai M.A. Smith, 1919

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropidophorus.

References

1. Das I (2010). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-East Asia. London: New Holland. 376 pp. ISBN 978-1-84773-347-4.
2. See IUCN search results for Tropidophorus
3. Genus Tropidophorus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
4. 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.