Tropidophorus
Tropidophorus is a genus of semiaquatic lizards in the skink family, found in Indochina, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. They are sometimes known as water skinks or waterside skinks.
Species
The following 29 species are recognized:- Tropidophorus assamensis Annandale, 1912 – north-eastern water skink
- Tropidophorus baconi Hikida, Riyanto & Ota, 2003
- Tropidophorus baviensis Bourret, 1939 – Bavi water skink, Bavay's keeled skink
- Tropidophorus beccarii W. Peters, 1871 – Beccari's keeled skink
- Tropidophorus berdmorei – Berdmore's water skink
- Tropidophorus boehmei T.Q. Nguyen et al., 2010 – Boehme's water skink
- Tropidophorus brookei – Brook's keeled skink
- Tropidophorus cocincinensis A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Cochinchinese water skink
- Tropidophorus davaoensis Bacon, 1980 – Davao waterside skink
- Tropidophorus grayi Günther, 1861 – Gray's water skink, 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 kouzhitongi Wang, Li, Deepak, Stuart & Che, 2025 – Kou's water skink
- 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 Stejneger, 1908 – Misamis waterside skink
- Tropidophorus mocquardii Boulenger, 1894 – Mocquard's keeled skink
- 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 M.A. Smith, 1919 – Thai water skink, Thai stream skink