Tropidophorus latiscutatus

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 latiscutatus

Name

Tropidophorus latiscutatus Hikida, Orlov, Nabhitabhata & Ota, 2002: 11

• Holotype: TNHM R-60001 (KUZ R40362), adult ♂, collected by M. Matsui, H. Ota, M. Toda, K. Araya, and J. Nabhitabhata on 21 October 1996.
• Type locality: “Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary (18°05’N, 103°45’E, altitude ca 200m), Nong Kai Province, eastern Thailand”.

References

Primary references

• Hikida, T., Orlov, N.L., Nabhitabhata, J. & Ota, H. 2002. Three New Depressed-bodied Water Skinks of the Genus Tropidophorus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Thailand and Vietnam. Current Herpetology 21(1): 9–23. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.21.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tropidophorus latiscutatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2020.
• Panitvong, N. & Cota, M. 2018. IUCN: Tropidophorus latiscutatus  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178684A113831185. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178684A113831185.en