Tropidophorus mocquardii BOULENGER, 1895

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
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”.
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
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.
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (928 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Not listed in BOULENGER, Cat. Liz. Synonymy: Listed as synonym of T. beccarii by MALKMUS et al. (2002), citing SMITH 1923 as source. However, the most recent checklist of the IUCN skink specialist group lists it as valid (Chapple et al., unpublished).
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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