''Tropidophorus thai'', commonly known as Thai water skink,
or Thai stream skink is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
found in
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
and
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
.
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Flickr photo by Michael Cota, Nan Province, ThailandFlickr photo by Michael Cota, Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, ThailandSpecies of Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Thailand
Tropidophorus
Reptiles of Myanmar
Reptiles of Thailand
Reptiles described in 1919
Taxa named by Malcolm Arthur Smith
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