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 or waterside skinks.See IUCN search results for Tropidophorus
Species The following 29 species are recognized:. www.reptile-database.org.
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,Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Tropidophorus grayi, p. 107; T. mocquardi, p. 181). 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 kouzhitongi Wang, Li, Deepak, Stuart & Che, 2025 – Kou's water skink 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 – Mocquard's keeled skink 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
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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