title: Tropidophorus baviensis
text: # Tropidophorus baviensis
  
  Tropidophorus baviensis, also known commonly as the Bavi water skink or Bavay's keeled skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  T. baviensis is found in northern Vietnam and in adjacent northeastern Laos (Xiangkhouang Province). Records from Thailand are considered erroneous.
  
  The type locality (to which the specific name baviensis refers) is Mt. Ba Vi, Ha Tay Province, northern Vietnam.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitats of T. baviensis are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes of 400–1,500 m (1,300–4,900 ft).
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  T. baviensis is viviparous.
  
  