Tropidophorus beccarii

Tropidophorus beccarii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Tropidophorus
Species:
T. beccarii
Binomial name
Tropidophorus beccarii
W. Peters, 1871
Synonyms[2]
  • Tropidophorus (Amphixestus) beccarii
    W. Peters, 1871
  • Norbea beccarii
    — Mittleman, 1952
  • Tropidophorus beccarii
    — Manthey, 1983
  • Sphenomorphus aquaticus
    Malkmus, 1991
  • Tropidophorus beccarii
    — Manthey & Grossman, 1997

Tropidophorus beccarii, also known commonly as Beccari's keeled skink and Beccari's water skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the island of Borneo.

Etymology

The specific name, beccarii, is in honor of Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.[3]

Geographic range

On the island of Borneo, T. beccarii is found in Brunei, northern Kalimantan (Indonesia), Sabah, and Sarawak (Malaysia).[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. beccarii are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).[1]

Description

Dorsally, T. beccarii is reddish brown, with dark brown crossbands. The flanks have whitish spots. Ventrally, it is yellowish.

T. beccarii may attain a snout to vent length (SVL) of 9.8 cm (3.9 in).[4] The largest specimen measured by Boulenger had an SVL of 8 cm (3.1 in), and a tail length of 10.6 cm (4.2 in).[5]

Diet

T. beccarii preys upon water insects.[4]

Reproduction

T. beccarii is viviparous.[2] Average litter size is four.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Iskandar, D.; McGuire, J. (2018). "Tropidophorus beccarii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102349408A102349411. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102349408A102349411.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Tropidophorus beccarii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 June 2021.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidophorus beccarii, p. 20).
  4. ^ a b Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Tropidophorus beccarii, p. 118).
  5. ^ Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Tropidophorus beccarii, pp. 360–361).

Further reading

  • Goldberg SR (2017). "Reproduction in Beccari's Keeled Skinks, Tropidophorus beccarii (Squamata: Scincidae), from Borneo". Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 52: 65.
  • Hikida T, Ota H (1994). "Sphenomorphus aquaticus Malkmus, 1991, a junior synonym of Tropidophorus beccarii (Peters, 1871) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae)". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 45 (1): 57–60.
  • Peters W (1871). "Über neue Reptilien aus Ostafrika und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1871: 566–581. (Tropidophorus beccarii, new species, p. 574). (in German).



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