Tropidophorus is a genus of semiaquatic in the skink family (Scincidae), found in Indochina, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. They are sometimes known as water skinks[See IUCN search results for Tropidophorus]
Species
The following 29 species are recognized:
[. www.reptile-database.org.]
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Tropidophorus assamensis Nelson Annandale, 1912 – north-eastern water skink
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Tropidophorus baconi Tsutomu Hikida, Awal Riyanto & Hidetoshi Ota, 2003
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Tropidophorus baviensis Bourret, 1939 – Bavi water skink, Bavay's keeled skink
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Tropidophorus beccarii Wilhelm Peters, 1871 – Beccari's keeled skink
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Tropidophorus berdmorei (Edward Blyth, 1853) – Berdmore's water skink
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Tropidophorus boehmei T.Q. Nguyen et al., 2010 – Boehme's water skink
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Tropidophorus brookei (Gray, 1845) – Brook's keeled skink
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Tropidophorus cocincinensis A.M.C. Duméril & Gabriel Bibron, 1839 – Cochinchinese water skink
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Tropidophorus davaoensis Bacon, 1980 – Davao waterside skink
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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
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Tropidophorus guangxiensis Yetang Wen, 1992
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Tropidophorus hainanus M.A. Smith, 1923 – Hainan water skink
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Tropidophorus hangnam Chuaynkern et al., 2005
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Tropidophorus iniquus Lidth de Jeude, 1905
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Tropidophorus kouzhitongi Wang, Li, Deepak, Stuart & Che, 2025 – Kou's water skink
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Tropidophorus laotus M.A. Smith, 1923 – Laotian water skink, Laotian keeled skink
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Tropidophorus latiscutatus Hikida et al., 2002
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Tropidophorus matsuii Hikida et al., 2002
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Tropidophorus microlepis Günther, 1861 – small-scaled water skink
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Tropidophorus micropus Lidth de Jeude, 1905
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Tropidophorus misaminius Stejneger, 1908 – Misamis waterside skink
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Tropidophorus mocquardii Boulenger, 1894
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Tropidophorus murphyi Hikida et al., 2002 – Murphy's water skink
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Tropidophorus noggei T. Ziegler et al., 2005 – Nogge's water skink
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Tropidophorus partelloi Stejneger, 1910 – Partello's waterside skink
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Tropidophorus perplexus Thomas Barbour, 1921
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Tropidophorus robinsoni M.A. Smith, 1919 – Robinson's water skink, Robinson's keeled skink
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Tropidophorus sebi Pui, Karin, Bauer, & Das, 2017 – Baleh water skink
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Tropidophorus sinicus Oskar Boettger, 1886 – Chinese water skink
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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.
Further reading
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Duméril AMC, Gabriel Bibron (1839). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome cinquième Volume. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. ( Tropidophorus, new genus, pp. 554–556). (in French).
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