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Tropidophorus grayi GÜNTHER, 1861

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gray's Keeled Skink 
SynonymTropidophorus grayi GÜNTHER 1861: 189
Tropidophorus grayi — GÜNTHER 1873: 165
Tropidophorus grayi — BOULENGER 1887: 364
Tropidophorus concincinensis GRAY 1845: 101 (not DUMÉRIL & BIBRON)
Enoplosaurus insignis SAUVAGE 1879: 211
Tropidophorus Grayi — FISCHER 1884: 43
Tropidophorus grayi — DE ROOIJ 1915: 279
Tropidophorus grayi — TAYLOR 1922
Tropidophorus grayi — BROWN & ALCALA 1980: 222
Tropidophorus grayi— GREER & BISWAS 2004
Tropidophorus aphilus — UNKNOWN AUTHOR (nom. nud.)
Tropidophorus apulus — HIKIDA et al. 2003 (nom. nud.) 
DistributionPhilippines (Panay, Luzon, Polillo,, Leyte, Negros, Masbate, Cebu)

Type locality: Philippines.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.8.20.86-88 (formerly xv.78a-e), Philippines, collected H. Cuming. 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy mainly after BROWN & ALCALA 1980. Populations of Tropidophorus from Sulawesi (Indonesia) have been referred to T. grayi, but Hikida et al. (2003) described them as a new species, T. baconi.

Tropidophorus aphilus and T. apulus are nomina nuda according to HIKIDA et al. (2003) and the latter may be a misspelling of the former. Both appear to refer to T. grayi and are thus listed here. 
EtymologyNamed after British zoologist John Edward Gray (1800 – 1875), Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum in London from 1840 until 1874, although he started working at the museum in 1824. 
References
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