Tropidophorus matsuii

Tropidophorus matsuii
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Tropidophorus
Species:	T. matsuii
Binomial name
Tropidophorus matsuii Hikida, Orlov, Nabhitabhata & Ota, 2002

Tropidophorus matsuii, also known commonly as Matsui's water skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Thailand. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, matsuii, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Masafumi Matsui. ^{[3] : 171}

Geographic distribution

Tropidophorus matsuii is found in northeastern Thailand, in Roi Et province. ^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of Tropidophorus matsuii are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes of approximately 350 m (1,150 ft). ^[1]

Behavior

Tropidophorus matsuii is semiaquatic. ^[1]

Reproduction

Tropidophorus matsuii is ovoviviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Panitvong, N.; Cota, M. (2018). "Tropidophorus matsuii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T104833378A104853865. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104833378A104853865.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Tropidophorus matsuii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 October 2020.
3. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.

Further reading

• Chan-ard, T.; Parr, J.W.K.; Nabhitabhata, J. (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover), ISBN   978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback). 352 pp.
• Das, I. (2016). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-east Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali. London and New York: Bloomsbury Natural History. ISBN   978-1-4729-2057-7. 376 pp. (Tropidophorus matsuii, p. 253).
• Greer, A.E.; Biswas, S. (2004). "A Generic Diagnosis for the Southeast Asian Scincid Lizard Genus Tropidophorus Duméril and Bibron, 1839 with Some Additional Comments on Its Morphology and Distribution". Journal of Herpetology. 38 (3): 426–430.
• Hikida, T.; Orlov, N.L.; Nabhitabhata, J.; Ota, H. (2002). "Three New Depressed-bodied Water Skinks of the Genus Tropidophorus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Thailand and Vietnam". Current Herpetology. 21 (1): 9–23. (Tropidophorus matsuii, new species, pp. 14–16, Figures 4–5).
• Honda, M.; Ota, H.; Murphy, R.W.; Hikida, T. (2006). "Phylogeny and biogeography of water skinks of the genus Tropidophorus (Reptilia: Scincidae): a molecular approach". Zoologica Scripta. 35 (1): 85–95.