Tropidophorus berdmorei: Difference between revisions

Species of lizard

Tropidophorus berdmorei, commonly known as Berdmore’s water skink,^[3][4] is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Asia.

T. berdmorei is found in China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.^[2][5][6]

The specific name, berdmorei, is in honor of British naturalist Captain Thomas Matthew Berdmore (1811–1859), who collected the holotype.^[7]

The preferred natural habitat of T. berdmorei is rocky streams in forest, at altitudes of 170–1,000 m (560–3,280 ft).^[1]

T. berdmorei preys upon worms, insects, and small crustaceans.^[1]

T. berdmorei is viviparous.^[2]

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• Blyth E (1853). “Notices and Descriptions of various Reptiles, new or little-known”. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 22: 639-655. (Aspris berdmorei, new species, p. 651).
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• Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Tropidophorus berdmorei, p. 325).
• Taylor EH (1963). “The Lizards of Thailand”. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 44 (14): 687-1077. (Tropidophorus berdmorei, pp. 986–989, Figure 77).