Tropidoscincus

Tropidoscincus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
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

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