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(Scincidae), found in

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. They are sometimes known as water skinks or waterside skinks.Se
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The following 29 species are recognized:. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Tropidophorus assamensis'' Annandale, 1912 – north-eastern water skink *'' Tropidophorus baconi'' Hikida, Riyanto &

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, 2003 *'' Tropidophorus baviensis'' Bourret, 1939 – Bavi water skink, Bavay's keeled skink *'' Tropidophorus beccarii'' W. Peters, 1871 – Beccari's keeled skink *'' Tropidophorus berdmorei'' ( Blyth, 1853) – Berdmore's water skink *'' Tropidophorus boehmei'' T.Q. Nguyen et al., 2010 – Boehme's water skink *'' Tropidophorus brookei'' (

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, 1845) – Brook's keeled skink *'' Tropidophorus cocincinensis'' A.M.C. Duméril &

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, 1839 – Cochinchinese water skink *'' Tropidophorus davaoensis''

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, 1980 – Davao waterside skink *''

Tropidophorus grayi ''Tropidophorus grayi'', commonly called the spiny waterside skink or Gray's keeled skink, is a relatively common but secretive skink species, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. Habitat ''T. grayi'' l ...

'' Günther, 1861 – Gray's water skink,Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Tropidophorus grayi'', p. 107; ''T. mocquardi'', p. 181). spiny waterside skink, Gray's keeled skink *'' Tropidophorus guangxiensis'' Y. Wen, 1992 *'' Tropidophorus hainanus'' M.A. Smith, 1923 – Hainan water skink *'' Tropidophorus hangnam'' Chuaynkern et al., 2005 *'' Tropidophorus iniquus'' Lidth de Jeude, 1905 *'' Tropidophorus laotus'' M.A. Smith, 1923 – Laotian water skink, Laotian keeled skink *'' Tropidophorus latiscutatus'' Hikida et al., 2002 *'' Tropidophorus matsuii'' Hikida et al., 2002 *'' Tropidophorus microlepis'' Günther, 1861 – small-scaled water skink *'' Tropidophorus micropus'' Lidth de Jeude, 1905 *'' Tropidophorus misaminius''

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, 1908 – Misamis waterside skink *'' Tropidophorus mocquardii''

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, 1894 *'' Tropidophorus murphyi'' Hikida et al., 2002 – Murphy's water skink *'' Tropidophorus noggei'' T. Ziegler et al., 2005 – Nogge's water skink *'' Tropidophorus partelloi'' Stejneger, 1910 – Partello's waterside skink *'' Tropidophorus perplexus'' Barbour, 1921 *'' Tropidophorus robinsoni'' M.A. Smith, 1919 – Robinson's water skink, Robinson's keeled skink *'' Tropidophorus sebi'' Pui, Karin, Bauer, & Das, 2017 – Baleh water skink *'' Tropidophorus sinicus'' Boettger, 1886 – Chinese water skink *''

Tropidophorus thai ''Tropidophorus thai'', commonly known as Thai water skink, or Thai stream skink is a species of skink found in Thailand and Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicat ...

'' M.A. Smith, 1919 Thai water skink, Thai stream skink ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Tropidophorus''.

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* Lizard genera Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron {{Lygosominae-stub

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