''Tropidophorus'' is a
genus
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of
semiaquatic
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lizard
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s in the
skink
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family
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(Scincidae), found in
Indochina
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,
Borneo
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,
Sulawesi
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, and the
Philippines
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. They are sometimes known as water skinks
or waterside skinks.
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Species
The following 29 species are recognized:
[. www.reptile-database.org.]
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Tropidophorus assamensis''
Annandale, 1912 – north-eastern water skink
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Tropidophorus baconi''
Hikida, Riyanto & Ota, 2003
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Tropidophorus baviensis''
Bourret, 1939 – Bavi water skink, Bavay's keeled skink
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Tropidophorus beccarii''
W. Peters, 1871 – Beccari's keeled skink
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Tropidophorus berdmorei''
( 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
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, 1845) – Brook's keeled skink
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Tropidophorus cocincinensis''
A.M.C. Duméril
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, 1839 – Cochinchinese water skink
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Tropidophorus davaoensis''
Bacon
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, 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''
Y. 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''
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''
Boettger, 1886 – Chinese water skink
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Tropidophorus thai''
M.A. Smith, 1919 Thai water skink, Thai stream skink
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Tropidophorus''.
References
Further reading
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Duméril AMC,
Bibron G (1839). ''Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome cinquième''
olume 5 Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (''Tropidophorus'', new genus, pp. 554–556). (in French).
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Lizard genera
Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron
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