Tropidophorus

Tropidophorus
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

See text.

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]

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

References

  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading


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