Tropidophorus thai SMITH, 1919

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Thai Stream Skink, Thai Water Skink G: Thai-Wasserskink
Synonym	Tropidophorus thai SMITH 1919 Tropidophorus thai — SMITH 1935: 328 Tropidophorus thai — TAYLOR 1963: 992 Tropidophorus thai — COX et al. 1998: 121 Tropidophorus thai — HONDA et al. 2006
Distribution	N Thailand, Myanmar (= Burma) [fide TAYLOR 1963] Type locality: Pa Meang, Me Wang district, N. Siam
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.20.73-75 (formerly 1921.4.1.145-147), Pa Meang, Me Wang, N. Siam, collected M.A. Smith x.1919.
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here Chuaynkern, Y., Nabhitabhata, J., Inthara, C. Kamsook, M. & K. Somsri 2005. A New Species of the Water Skink Tropidophorus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Northeast Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(2): 165-176 - get paper here Chuaynkern, Yodchaiy, Chantip Chuaynkern, Jirachai Arkajag, Staphon Tongpun and Prateep Duengkae. 2014. Geographic Distribution: Tropidophorus thai (Thai water skink). Herpetological Review 45 (1): 93 - get paper here Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt,Kumthorn 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp. 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 - get paper here Honda, Masanao; Ota, Hidetoshi; Murphy, Robert W.; and Hikida, Tsutomu. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of water skinks of the genus Tropidophorus (Reptilia: Scincidae) a molecular approach. Zoologica Scripta 35 (1):85-95 - get paper here Nguyen, Quang Truong; Nguyen Van Sang, Nikolai Orlov, Hoang Ngoc Thao, Wolfgang Böhme and Thomas Ziegler 2010. A review of the genus Tropidophorus (Squamata, Scincidae) from Vietnam with new species records and additional data on natural history. Zoosyst. Evol . 86 (1): 5 – 19 Smith, M.A. 1919. The lizards of the genus Tropidophorus in Siam, with descriptions of two new species. J. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 3: 223-228 - get paper here Smith, M.A. 1935. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp. Taylor, E.H. 1963. The lizards of Thailand. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 44: 687-1077. - get paper here
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