Tropidophorus mocquardii BOULENGER, 1895
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Tropidophorus mocquardii BOULENGER 1895 Tropidophorus mocquardii — DE ROOIJ 1915: 276 Tropidophorus beccardii (PETERS) [fide MANTHEY 1983] Tropidophorus mocquardi — MANTHEY 1983 Tropidophorus mocquarti BOULENGER — ANANJEVA et al. 1988 |
Distribution | Malaysia (Borneo)
Type locality: “Kina Baloo, N. Borneo”.
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Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.13.61-62 (formerly 94.6.30.24-25), Kina Balu, collected A. Everett; MNHN-RA 1889.0188-0189, Mt Kina Balu, N Borneo, collected Whitehead. |
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Comment | Not listed in BOULENGER, Cat. Liz. Listed as synonym of T. beccarii by MALKMUS et al. (2002), citing SMITH 1923 as source. |
Etymology | Named after Francois Mocquard (1834-1917), French herpetologist. |
References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Boulenger, G.A. 1895. Second report on additions to the lizard collection in the Natural History Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1894: 722-736 [published in April 1895 fide A. Bauer] - get paper here
- Brygoo, E.R. 1985. Les types des scincidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (4e sér.) 7 (sect. A 3), suppl.: 1-126
- Das , I. 2004. Lizards of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Borneo
- Malkmus, R.; Manthey, U.; Vogel, G. Hoffmann, P. & Kosuch, J. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). A.R.G. Ganther Verlag, Rugell, 404 pp.
- Manthey,U. 1983. Exkursion am Mt. Kinabalu (4101 m), Nordborneo, Teil 3: Checkliste der Herpetofauna oberhalb 600 m ü. NN. Herpetofauna 5 (23): 20-31 - get paper here
- Smith, M.A. 1923. A review of the lizards of the genus Tropidophorus on the Asiatic mainland. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1923: 775-781 - get paper here
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