Tropidophorus baconi, also known commonly as Bacon's water skink or Bacon's waterside skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Sulawesi (Indonesia).
Etymology The specific name, baconi, is in honor of American herpetologist James Patterson Bacon, Jr. (1940–1986).Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Tropidophorus baconi, p. 14).
Reproduction T. baconi is viviparous.
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Further reading (Tropdophorus baconi, new species.)