Tropidophorus
| Tropidophorus | |
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| T. berdmorei, Figure 3., top | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Lygosominae |
| Genus: | Tropidophorus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| T. cocincinensis | |
| Species | |
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Tropidophorus is a genus of semiaquatic lizards in the skink family (Scincidae), found in Indochina, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines.
Species
The following 28 species are recognized:[1]
- Tropidophorus assamensis Annandale, 1912
- Tropidophorus baconi Hikida, Riyanto & Ota, 2003
- 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
- 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 mocquardi Boulenger, 1894
- 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 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
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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).
- 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.
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