Tropidoscincus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Tropidoscincus
Species (3): T. aubrianus – T. boreus – T. variabilis
Name

Tropidoscincus Bocage, 1873: 230

Type species: Tropidoscincus aubrianus Bocage, 1873, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Bocage, J.V.B. du 1873. Sur quelques Sauriens nouveaux de la Nouvelle Caledonie et de l'Australie. Journal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes IV: 228–232. BHL

Additional references

Sadlier, R.A. 1987. A review of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia. Records of the Australian Museum 39(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.39.1987.164 Open access Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Tropidoscincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 March 2020.

Tropidoscincus is a genus of skink. They are all endemic to New Caledonia.[1]
Classification

Tropidoscincus aubrianus Bocage, 1873 – Aubrey's whiptailed skink
Tropidoscincus boreus Sadlier & Bauer, 2000 – northern whiptailed skink
Tropidoscincus variabilis (Bavay, 1869) – southern whiptailed skink

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

Tropidoscincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.