Tropidophorus beccarii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Tropidophorus |
| Species: | T. beccarii
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| Binomial name | |
| Tropidophorus beccarii W. Peters, 1871
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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
[edit]The specific name, beccarii, is in honor of Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]On the island of Borneo, T. beccarii is found in Brunei, northern Kalimantan (Indonesia), Sabah, and Sarawak (Malaysia).[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]T. beccarii preys upon water insects.[4]
Reproduction
[edit]T. beccarii is viviparous.[2] Average litter size is four.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Tropidophorus beccarii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 June 2021.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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).