An observation of ovoviviparity in the Baleh Water Skink, Tropidophorus sebi Pui, et al., 2017
Tropidophorus sebi is a semi-aquatic skink, known to be restricted to Putai in the Upper Baleh region of Kapit District, central Sarawak, East Malaysia, on the island of Borneo (1.5946°N, 113.7898°E; datum WGS84; Pui et al., 2017). The only known aspect of its life history is that it inhabits r...
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Societas Europaea Herpetologica (SEH)
2022
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| Summary: | Tropidophorus sebi is a semi-aquatic skink, known to
be restricted to Putai in the Upper Baleh region of Kapit
District, central Sarawak, East Malaysia, on the island
of Borneo (1.5946°N, 113.7898°E; datum WGS84; Pui
et al., 2017). The only known aspect of its life history is
that it inhabits rocky streams. On 16 April 2020, at 19:44
h, a gravid T. sebi (snout–vent length, SVL = 91.5 mm;
tail tip missing) was collected from within a rock crevice
17 cm deep, at the edge of a small rocky stream (1–4
m wide, 15–40 cm deep), in a hill dipterocarp forest. A
visual inspection of its venter revealed two late-stage
embryos and it weighed 16 g (Fig. 1). The individual
was fitted with a BD–2T transmitter (Holohil Limited
Systems, Canada) and observed for 8 days (18–26 April
2021), as part of a larger study of the spatial ecology and
thermoregulation in this species. |
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