Tropidophorus murphyi

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

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

Holotype: ROM 41227 (ROM field No. 27044), adult ♂, collected by R.W. Murphy, N.L. Orlov, A. Lathrop, T. Mason, S. Riabov, and T.C. Ho in May 1998.
Type locality: “Quang Thanh Village (22°37'43N, 105°54'46E, altitude 700-750m), Nguyen Binh District, Cao Bang Province, northern Vietnam”.
Etymology: Named after Robert Ward Murphy.

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.

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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tropidophorus murphyi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2020.
Nguyen, T.Q. 2018. IUCN: Tropidophorus murphyi (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104833688A104853875. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104833688A104853875.en

English: Murphy’s Water Skink