Tropidophorus matsuii

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 matsuii

Name

Tropidophorus matsuii Hikida, Orlov, Nabhitabhata & Ota, 2002: 14

• Holotype: TNHM R-60006 (KUZ R40540), adult ♂, collected by M. Toda and K. Araya on 25 October 1996.
• Type locality: “Phu Pa Namtip (15°53'N, 104°18'E, altitude 350m), Roi Et Province, eastern Thailand”.
• Etymology: Named after Masafumi Matsui.

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 matsuii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2020.
• Panitvong, N. & Cota, M. 2018. IUCN: Tropidophorus matsuii  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104833378A104853865. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104833378A104853865.en