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.

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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).


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