Tropidophorus berdmorei

Tropidophorus berdmorei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Tropidophorus
Species: T. berdmorei
Binomial name
Tropidophorus berdmorei
(Blyth, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Aspris Berdmorei Blyth, 1853
  • Tropidophorus Berdmorei
    Theobald 1868
  • Tropidophorus yunnanensis Boulenger, 1887
  • Tropidophorus berdmorei
    M.A. Smith 1935
  • Tropidophorus berdmorei
    Taylor, 1963
  • Tropidophorus berdmorei
    Cox et al., 1998
  • Tropidophorus berdmorei
    Honda et al., 2006[1]

Tropidophorus berdmorei, commonly known as Berdmore's water skink,[2][3] is a species of skink endemic to Asia.

Geographic range

T. berdmorei is found in China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.[4][5][1]

Etymology

The specific name, berdmorei, is in honor of Thomas Matthew Berdmore, the collector.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tropidophorus berdmorei". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. "Tropidophorus berdmorei". uBIO. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. "Tropidophorus berdmorei". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  4. "Tropidophorus berdmorei". National Parks of Thailand. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  5. "Doi Inthanon National Park". National Parks of Thailand, Thailand. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  6. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidophorus berdmorei, p. 23).

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