Tropidophorus

Tropidophorus is a genus of semiaquatic lizards in the skink family (Scincidae), found in Indochina, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. They are sometimes known as water skinks^[1] or waterside skinks.^[2]

Tropidophorus
T. berdmorei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Tropidophorus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Type species
T. cocincinensis
Species
See text.

Species

The following 29 species are recognized:^[3]

• Tropidophorus assamensis Annandale, 1912 – north-eastern water skink
• Tropidophorus baconi Hikida, Riyanto & Ota, 2003
• Tropidophorus baviensis Bourret, 1939 – Bavi water skink, Bavay's keeled skink
• Tropidophorus beccarii W. Peters, 1871 – Beccari's keeled skink
• Tropidophorus berdmorei (Blyth, 1853) – Berdmore's water skink
• Tropidophorus boehmei T.Q. Nguyen et al., 2010 – Boehme's water skink
• Tropidophorus brookei (Gray, 1845) – Brook's keeled skink
• Tropidophorus cocincinensis A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Cochinchinese water skink
• Tropidophorus davaoensis Bacon, 1980 – Davao waterside skink
• Tropidophorus grayi Günther, 1861 – Gray's water skink,^[4] spiny waterside skink, Gray's keeled skink
• Tropidophorus guangxiensis Y. Wen, 1992
• Tropidophorus hainanus M.A. Smith, 1923 – Hainan water skink
• Tropidophorus hangnam Chuaynkern et al., 2005
• Tropidophorus iniquus Lidth de Jeude, 1905
• Tropidophorus kouzhitongi Wang, Li, Deepak, Stuart & Che, 2025 – Kou's water skink
• Tropidophorus laotus M.A. Smith, 1923 – Laotian water skink, Laotian keeled skink
• Tropidophorus latiscutatus Hikida et al., 2002
• Tropidophorus matsuii Hikida et al., 2002
• Tropidophorus microlepis Günther, 1861 – small-scaled water skink
• Tropidophorus micropus Lidth de Jeude, 1905
• Tropidophorus misaminius Stejneger, 1908 – Misamis waterside skink
• Tropidophorus mocquardii Boulenger, 1894
• Tropidophorus murphyi Hikida et al., 2002 – Murphy's water skink
• Tropidophorus noggei T. Ziegler et al., 2005 – Nogge's water skink
• Tropidophorus partelloi Stejneger, 1910 – Partello's waterside skink
• Tropidophorus perplexus Barbour, 1921
• Tropidophorus robinsoni M.A. Smith, 1919 – Robinson's water skink, Robinson's keeled skink
• Tropidophorus sebi Pui, Karin, Bauer, & Das, 2017 – Baleh water skink
• Tropidophorus sinicus Boettger, 1886 – Chinese water skink
• Tropidophorus thai M.A. Smith, 1919 Thai water skink, Thai stream skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropidophorus.