Tropidophorus brookei

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 brookei

Name

Tropidophorus brookei (Gray, 1845)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.19.1 (formerly xv.79a), presented by Capt. E. Belcher.
• Type locality: “Borneo”.

Combinations

• Norbea brookei Gray, 1845: 102 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Tropidophorus brookei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 November 2019.
• Iskandar, D. & McGuire, J. 2018. IUCN: Tropidophorus brookei  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102349419A102349428. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102349419A102349428.en

Vernacular names

English: Brook’s Keeled Skink