Tropidophorus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Infraorder Scincomorpha Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles		Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Sauria Family Scincidae Rank Genus

Similar Sphenomorphus, Lipinia, Tropidophorus sinicus, Eutropis, Lygosoma

Chinese water skink tropidophorus sinicus feeding 1

Tropidophorus is a genus of semiaquatic lizards in the skink family (Scincidae), found in Indochina, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines.

The following 28 species are recognized:

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.

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