Tropidophorus microlepis

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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

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

Name

Tropidophorus microlepis Günther, 1861: 188

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.20.85 (formerly 1860.8.28.21), collected by Mouhot.
• Type locality: “Chartaboum [=Chanthaburi], on the coast of Siam [=Thailand]”.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1861. Second list of Siamese reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861: 187–189. 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 microlepis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 November 2019.
• Golynsky, E., Milto, K., Neang, T., Nguyen, N.S., Thaksintham, W. & Danaisawat, P. 2018. IUCN: Tropidophorus microlepis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104833613A104853870. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104833613A104853870.en

Vernacular names

English: Small-scaled Water Skink