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Tropidophorus
Tropidophorus is a genus of semiaquatic lizards in the skink family (Scincidae), found in Indochina, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. They are sometimes known as water skinks.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 30 known species

Chinese water skink
speciesTropidophorus sinicus

Brook’s Keeled Skink
speciesTropidophorus brookei

Beccari's Keeled Skink
speciesTropidophorus beccarii

Hainan water skink
speciesTropidophorus hainanus

Berdmore’s Water Skink
speciesTropidophorus berdmorei

Bavay's Keeled Skink
speciesTropidophorus baviensis

Small-scaled Water Skink
speciesTropidophorus microlepis

Spiny Waterside Skink
speciesTropidophorus grayi

Misamis Waterside Skink
speciesTropidophorus misaminius

Thai Water Skink
speciesTropidophorus thai

Tropidophorus matsuii
speciesTropidophorus matsuii

Cochinchinese water skink
speciesTropidophorus cocincinensis

Laotian Water Skink
speciesTropidophorus laotus

Davao Waterside Skink
speciesTropidophorus davaoensis

Tropidophorus assamensis
speciesTropidophorus assamensis

Tropidophorus baconi
speciesTropidophorus baconi

Robinson's Keeled Skink
speciesTropidophorus robinsoni

Tropidophorus mocquardii
speciesTropidophorus mocquardii

Baleh Water Skink
speciesTropidophorus sebi

Broad-scaled Stream Skink
speciesTropidophorus latiscutatus

Tropidophorus vongx
speciesTropidophorus vongx

Partello's Waterside Skink
speciesTropidophorus partelloi

Tropidophorus guangxiensis
speciesTropidophorus guangxiensis
Tropidophorus perplexus
speciesTropidophorus perplexus
suggest Boehme’s Water Skink
speciesTropidophorus boehmei

Tropidophorus micropus
speciesTropidophorus micropus
Tropidophorus iniquus
speciesTropidophorus iniquus
Spiny-tailed Water Skink
speciesTropidophorus hangnam
Murphy’s water skink
speciesTropidophorus murphyi
Nogge’s water skink
speciesTropidophorus noggei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37378.