Tropidophorus beccarii

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

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

Name

Tropidophorus beccarii Peters, 1871

• Holotype: MSNG 27931, collected by G. Doria and O. Beccari in 1865.
• Type locality: “Sarawak”.
• Etymology: Named after Odoardo Beccari.

Combinations

• Tropidophorus (Amphixestus) beccarii Peters, 1871: 574 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Sphenomorphus aquaticus Malkmus, 1991: 23 [synonymized by Hikida & Ota (1994: 58)]
  • Holotype: ZFMK 52214, collected by R. Malkmus, date unknown.
  • Type locality: “Poring, southeast to the major peak of Mt Kinabalu”, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo.

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1871. Über neue Reptilien aus Ostafrika und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1871: 566—581. BHL
• Malkmus, R. 1991. Sphenomorphus aquaticus sp. n. (Sauria: Scincidae) vom Mount Kinabalu/Nord-Borneo. Sauria 13(3): 23—28.
• Hikida, T. & Ota, H. 1994. Sphenomorphus aquaticus Malkmus, 1991, a junior synonym of Tropidophorus beccarii (Peters, 1871) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 45(1): 57–60. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tropidophorus beccarii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 August 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Beccari's Keeled Skink