Tropidophorus baconi

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Tropidophorus baconi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Tropidophorus
Species:
T. baconi
Binomial name
Tropidophorus baconi
Hikida, Riyanto & Ota, 2003

Tropidophorus baconi, also known commonly as Bacon's water skink or Bacon's waterside skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Sulawesi (Indonesia). [1]

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Etymology

The specific name, baconi, is in honor of American herpetologist James Patterson Bacon, Jr. (1940–1986). [2]

Reproduction

T. baconi is viviparous. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Tropidophorus baconi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 October 2020.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidophorus baconi, p. 14).

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