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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.
| Tropidophorus beccarii | |
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Scientific 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] | |
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The specific name, beccarii, is in honor of Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.[3]
On the island of Borneo, T. beccarii is found in Brunei, northern Kalimantan (Indonesia), Sabah, and Sarawak (Malaysia).[1][2]
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]
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]
T. beccarii is viviparous.[2] Average litter size is four.[1]
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