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Tropidophorus

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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.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
Observations recorded3,012,139,120

Tropidophorus es un género de lagartos perteneciente a la familia Scincidae. Se distribuyen por la región indomalaya.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
179
With media
25
Family
Scincidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM, CAS, MVZ, USNM, TNHC
Recorded in
Thailand, China, Philippine Ids., Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Venezuela

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Parent taxon
Lygosominae
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Category:Tropidophorus
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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.

==Species== The following 29 species are recognized: 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, 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

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