Tropidophorus baconi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Tropidophorus
Species: Tropidophorus baconi

Name

Tropidophorus baconi Hikida, Riyanto & Ota, 2003: 31

• Holotype: MZB.Lace 3789 (Field No. AR 00053), subadult ♂, collected by A. Riyanto on 31 May 2001.
• Type locality: “Patunuang Natural Reserve (5°03'07"S, 119°43'07"E), South Sulawesi, Indonesia”.
• Etymology: Named after James P. Bacon.

References

Primary references

• Hikida, T., Riyanto, A. & Ota, H. 2003. A new water skink of the genus Tropidophorus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Current Herpetology 22(1): 29–36. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.22.29 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Bacon's Water Skink