Tropidophorus baviensis

Tropidophorus baviensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Tropidophorus
Species:	T. baviensis
Binomial name
Tropidophorus baviensis Bourret, 1939

Tropidophorus baviensis, also known commonly as the Bavi water skink or Bavay's keeled skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Geographic range

T. baviensis is found in northern Vietnam ^{[1] [2]} and in adjacent northeastern Laos (Xiangkhouang Province). ^[1] Records from Thailand are considered erroneous. ^[1]

The type locality (to which the specific name baviensis refers) is Mt. Ba Vi, Ha Tay Province, northern Vietnam. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. baviensis are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes of 400–1,500 m (1,300–4,900 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

T. baviensis is viviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Phimmachak, S.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Stuart, B.L. (2018). "Tropidophorus baviensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T104778638A104853830. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104778638A104853830.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Tropidophorus baviensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 October 2020.

Further reading

• Bourret RL (1939). "Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine française. XVII. Reptiles et Batraciens reçus au Laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l'Université au cours de l'année 1938. Descriptions de trois espèces nouvelles ". Annexe Bulletin Général Instruction Publique, Hanoi6: 13–34. (Tropidophorus baviensis, new species). (in French).
• Ngo A, Murphy RW, Orlov NL, Darevsky IL, Nguyen VS (2000). "A Redescription of the Ba Vi Water Skink Tropidophorus baviensis Bourret, 1939". Russian Journal of Herpetology7 (2): 155–158.