Tropidophorus murphyi HIKIDA, ORLOV, NABHITABHATA & OTA, 2002
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Tropidophorus murphyi
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Murphy’s water skink |
| Synonym | Tropidophorus murphyi HIKIDA, ORLOV, NABHITABHATA & OTA 2002 Tropidophorus murphyi — HONDA et al. 2006 Tropidophorus murphyi — BÖHME 2014: 157 |
| Distribution | N Vietnam Type locality: Quang Thanh Village, Nguyen Binh District, Cao Bang Province, N Vietnam (22° 37’ 43 N, 105° 54’ 46 E, 700-750 m elevation) |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Holotype: ROM 41227; Paratypes: ZFMK 91828 (ex-ROM 4.229), female, KUZ |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: According to Hikida et al. (2002) and our own data, this species is characterized by a large size, adult males SVL 62.4 – 85.1 mm (n = 3), TaL: 101 mm (holotype, tail tip lost) (Hikida et al. 2002); adult females SVL 79.3 – 95.6 mm (n = 2), TaL 106.5 – 110.4 (n = 2); body strongly depressed; upper head scales smooth; frontonasal undivided; prefrontals in contact; parietals not in contact posteriorly; loreals 2, anterior one usually divided; supraciliaries 5 – 8, supraciliar y row completed along the entire length of lateral edge of supraoculars; supralabials 6; infralabials 5 – 6, f irst one longest; postmental undivided; midbody scales in 30 – 32 rows; paravertebral scales 55 – 67; ventrals in 55 – 56 transverse rows (in the two paratypes); 2 enlarged precloacals; 12 – 13 scale rows at position of tenth subcaudal; 20 – 25 subdigital lamellae on fourth toe [from Truong et al. 2010]. |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. |
| Etymology | Named after Robert W. Murphy of the Royal Ontario Museum. |
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