Tropidophorus sinicus

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 sinicus

Name

Tropidophorus sinicus Boettger, 1886: 519

• Holotype: SMF 15750 (formerly 6362, 2a), collected by O. Herz in 1886.
• Type locality: “prope vicum Deng-hu-shan ad flumen Si-kiang provinciae Sinicae Guang-dung”.

References

Primary references

• Boettger, O. 1886. Diagnoses reptilium novorum ab ill. viris O. Herz et Consule Dr. O. Fr. de Moellendorff in Sina meridionali repertorum. Zoologischer Anzeiger 9: 519–520. 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 sinicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 August 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Chinese Water Skink