Tropidophorus berdmorei

Tropidophorus berdmorei

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 berdmorei

Name

Tropidophorus berdmorei (Blyth, 1853)

• Syntypes (2): ZSI 2270–72, presented by Capt. Berdmore.
• Type locality: “Mergui”.

Combinations

• Aspris berdmorei Blyth, 1853: 651 [original combination]
• Tropidophorus berdmorei — Theobald, 1868: 24 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Blyth, E. 1853. Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little-known. Part I. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 22: 639–655. BHL

Additional references

• Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, V.S., Orlov, N., Hoang, T.N., Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. 2010. A review of the genus Tropidophorus (Squamata, Scincidae) from Vietnam with new species records and additional data on natural history. Zoosystematics and Evolution 86(1): 5–19. DOI: 10.1002/zoos.200900020 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tropidophorus berdmorei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 May 2019.
• Thaksintham, W., Wogan, G., Danaisawat, P., Rao, D.-q. & Cai, B. 2019. IUCN: Tropidophorus berdmorei  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T104778762A104853835. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T104778762A104853835.en

Vernacular names

English: Berdmore’s Water Skink

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