Tropidophorus laotus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: 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: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Tropidophorus laotus Smith, 1923: 777

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.13.72, adult ♂ (formerly 1923.5.14.26; Smith’s collection numbers 5414), collected by M.A. Smith in between 1919 and 1920. [designated by Wang et al. (2025: 100)]
Type locality: “Muang Liep, N. of Pak Lai, Upper Mekong, French Laos”.
Paralectotype: BMNH 1946.8.13.71 (formerly 1923.5.14.25; Smith’s collection numbers 5410), adult ♂, with same collecting data as the lectotype.

Smith, M.A. 1923. A review of the lizards of the genus Tropidophorus on the Asiatic mainland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923: 775–781. BHL
Wang, K., Li, L., Deepak, V., Phimmachak, S., Grosjean, S., Vidal, N., Fu, Z.-X., Wang, F.-F., Shen, G.-J., Stuart, B.L. & Che, J. 2025. Designation of the lectotype for Tropidophorus laotus (Reptilia: Scincidae) and description of a new closely related species from Southern Yunnan Province, China. Asian Herpetological Research 16(1): 95–109. DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2024.0057 Reference page.