Tropidophorus boehmei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Tropidophorus
Species: Tropidophorus boehmei

Name

Tropidophorus boehmei Nguyen, Nguyen, Schmitz, Orlov & Ziegler, 2010: 57

• Holotype: VNMN 822, adult ♂, collected by Nguyen Thien Tao and Nguyen Van Quang on 10 June 2009.
• Type locality: “in the forest of Hoang Lien Mountain, near Ban Khoang (22º24’N and 103º47’E), Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam, at an altitude of 1200–1300 m a.s.l.”
• Etymology: Named after Wolfgang Böhme.

References

Primary references

• Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, T.T., Schmitz, A., Orlov, N.L. & Ziegler, T. 2010. A new species of the genus Tropidophorus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 2439(1): 53–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2439.1.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Tropidophorus boehmei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 August 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Boehme’s Water Skink