The following 29 species are recognized: •
Tropidophorus assamensis Annandale, 1912 – north-eastern water skink •
Tropidophorus baconi Hikida,
Riyanto &
Ota, 2003 •
Tropidophorus baviensis Bourret, 1939 – Bavi water skink, Bavay's keeled skink •
Tropidophorus beccarii W. Peters, 1871 – Beccari's keeled skink •
Tropidophorus berdmorei (
Blyth, 1853) – Berdmore's water skink •
Tropidophorus boehmei T.Q. Nguyen et al., 2010 – Boehme's water skink •
Tropidophorus brookei (
Gray, 1845) – Brook's keeled skink •
Tropidophorus cocincinensis A.M.C. Duméril &
Bibron, 1839 – Cochinchinese water skink •
Tropidophorus davaoensis Bacon, 1980 – Davao waterside skink •
Tropidophorus grayi Günther, 1861 –
Gray's water skink, spiny waterside skink, Gray's keeled skink •
Tropidophorus guangxiensis Y. Wen, 1992 •
Tropidophorus hainanus M.A. Smith, 1923 – Hainan water skink •
Tropidophorus hangnam Chuaynkern et al., 2005 •
Tropidophorus iniquus Lidth de Jeude, 1905 •
Tropidophorus kouzhitongi Wang,
Li,
Deepak,
Stuart &
Che, 2025 – Kou's water skink •
Tropidophorus laotus M.A. Smith, 1923 – Laotian water skink, Laotian keeled skink •
Tropidophorus latiscutatus Hikida et al., 2002 •
Tropidophorus matsuii Hikida et al., 2002 •
Tropidophorus microlepis Günther, 1861 – small-scaled water skink •
Tropidophorus micropus Lidth de Jeude, 1905 •
Tropidophorus misaminius Stejneger, 1908 – Misamis waterside skink •
Tropidophorus mocquardii Boulenger, 1894 –
Mocquard's keeled skink •
Tropidophorus murphyi Hikida et al., 2002 – Murphy's water skink •
Tropidophorus noggei T. Ziegler et al., 2005 – Nogge's water skink •
Tropidophorus partelloi Stejneger, 1910 – Partello's waterside skink •
Tropidophorus perplexus Barbour, 1921 •
Tropidophorus robinsoni M.A. Smith, 1919 – Robinson's water skink, Robinson's keeled skink •
Tropidophorus sebi Pui,
Karin,
Bauer &
Das, 2017 – Baleh water skink •
Tropidophorus sinicus Boettger, 1886 – Chinese water skink •
Tropidophorus thai M.A. Smith, 1919 – Thai water skink, Thai stream skink
Nota bene: A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than
Tropidophorus. ==References==