Tropidoscincus

Genus of lizards

Tropidoscincus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Tropidoscincus
Bocage, 1873
Species

3 sp., see text

Tropidoscincus is a genus of skink. They are all endemic to New Caledonia.[1]

Classification

  • Tropidoscincus aubrianus Bocage, 1873 – Aubrey's whiptailed skink
  • Tropidoscincus boreus Sadlier & Bauer, 2000 – northern whiptailed skink
  • Tropidoscincus variabilis (Bavay, 1869) – southern whiptailed skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropidoscincus.

References

Wikispecies has information related to Tropidoscincus.
  1. ^ Tropidoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Tropidoscincus


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