Tropidophorus

Tropidophorus
T. berdmorei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Tropidophorus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Type species
T. cocincinensis
Species

See text.

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[1] or waterside skinks.[2]

  1. ^ Das I [in French] (2010). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-East Asia. London: New Holland. 376 pp. ISBN 978-1-84773-347-4.
  2. ^ See IUCN search results for Tropidophorus