Tropidophorus brookei (GRAY, 1845)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Brook’s Keeled Skink
Synonym	Norbea brookei GRAY 1845: 102 Tropidophorus brookii — BOULENGER 1887: 361 Tropidophorus brookii — BARBOUR 1912 Tropidophorus brookii — SMITH 1931: 23 Norbea brookei — MITTLEMAN 1952 Tropidophorus brookei — OTA et al. 1991 Tropidophorus brookei— GREER & BISWAS 2004
Distribution	Indonesia (Borneo, Natuna islands), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Brunei
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.19.1 (formerly xv.79a), Borneo, presented Sir E. Belcher.
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1292 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
References	Ahmad, Norhayati; Eddie Ahmad, Mahathir Ratag, Edward Asrul Alimin Sinon, Brandon Don, Francer Francis, Muhammad Ridzuan Mahmod, Amshari Agimin, Daicus Belabut 2019. Amphibians and Reptiles of Imbak Canyon Study Centre and Batu Timbang Camp. Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 16: 25–33 Auliya, M. 2006. Taxonomy, Life History, and conservation of giant reptiles in west Kalimantan. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 432 pp. - get paper here Barbour, Thomas 1912. A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the East Indian Islands. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy 44 (1): 1-203 - get paper here Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here Das , I. 2004. Lizards of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Borneo Das, I. & Yaakob, N. 2007. Status of knowledge of the Malaysian herpetofauna. In Status of biological diversity in Malaysia & threat assessment of plant species in Malaysia. in: L. S. L. Chua, L. G. Kirton & L. G. Saw (eds.), Status of biological diversity in Malaysia & threat assessment of plant species in Malaysia. Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, pp. 31-81 Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here Greer, A.E. & Biswas, S. 2004. A Generic Diagnosis for the Southeast Asian Scincid Lizard Genus Tropidophorus Dumeéril and Bibron, 1839 with Some Additional Comments on Its Morphology and Distribution. Journal of Herpetology 38 (3): 426-430 - get paper here Herlambang, A. E., Riyanto, A., Munir, M., Hamidy, A., Kimura, K., Eto, K., & Mumpuni, M. 2022. AFTER 16 YEARS: AN UPDATE CHECKLIST OF HERPETOFAUNA ON THE NATUNA ISLANDS, INDONESIA. TREUBIA, 49(2), 67-84 - get paper here Janzen, Peter 2022. Herpetofauna in Sarawak, East Malaysia (Borneo) – Part 2 Reptiles. Sauria 44 (3): 3-28 Ota,H.; Hikida,T.; Matsui,M. & Morei,A. 1991. Karyotypes of two water skinks of the genus Tropidophorus (Reptilia: Squamata). Journal of Herpetology 25 (4): 488-490 - get paper here Sah, Hanyrol H. Ahmad; T. Ulmar Grafe , Alex Dornburg, David S. McLeod, Aaron M. Bauer , Rodzay Abdul Wahab, Lee Grismer and Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell 2016. The Amphibians, Reptiles and Fishes of the 2012 Bukit Pagon Expedition, Brunei Darussalam. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57(1):97-114 - get paper here Smith, M.A. 1931. The herpetology of Mt. Kinabalu, North Borneo, 13455 ft. Bull. Raffles Mus. No. 5: 3-32. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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