Tropidophorus brookei

Tropidophorus brookei, also known commonly as Brook's keeled skink and Brooke's keeled skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the island of Borneo.

Tropidophorus brookei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Superfamily:	Lygosomoidea
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Tropidophorus
Species:	T. brookei
Binomial name
Tropidophorus brookei (Gray, 1845)
Synonyms[2]
Norbea brookei Gray, 1845 Tropidophorus brookii [sic] — Boulenger, 1887 Norbea brookei — Mittleman, 1952 Tropidophorus brookei — Ota, Hikida, Matsui & Mori, 1991

Etymology

The specific name, brookei, is in honor of British adventurer James Brooke, who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak.^[3]

Geographic range

T. brookei is found in all main administrative divisions of the island of Borneo: Kalimantan (Indonesia), Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia), and Brunei.^[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. brookei are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes of 43–1,100 m (141–3,609 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

T. brookei is viviparous.^[2]