Tribolonotus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as crocodile skinks.

Tribolonotus
Red-eyed crocodile skink (Tribolonotus gracilis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Egerniinae
Genus: Tribolonotus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[1]
Type species
Tribolonotus novaeguineae

Geographic range

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Species in the genus Tribolonotus are found in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.[2]

Species

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The genus includes the following 10 species:[2]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Zweifel's helmet skink, New Britain spiny skink Tribolonotus annectens Zweifel, 1966 New Britain
Blanchard's helmet skink Tribolonotus blanchardi Burt, 1930 Bougainville and the Solomon Islands
Admiralty spiny skink, Brongersma's helmet skink Tribolonotus brongersmai Cogger, 1973 Admiralty Islands
Tribolonotus choiseulensis Rittmeyer & Austin, 2017 Solomon Islands
  red-eyed crocodile skink, red-eyed bush crocodile skink Tribolonotus gracilis de Rooij, 1909 New Guinea
white-eyed crocodile skink Tribolonotus novaeguineae (Schlegel, 1834) Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea
Tribolonotus parkeri Rittmeyer & Austin, 2017 Buka Island
Giant spiny skink, Poncelet's helmet skink Tribolonotus ponceleti Kinghorn, 1937 Solomon Islands
Western crocodile skink, false Poncelet's helmet skink Tribolonotus pseudoponceleti Greer & Parker, 1968 Bougainville and Buka
Schmidt's helmet skink, Schmidt's crocodile skink Tribolonotus schmidti Burt, 1930 Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands

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

References

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  1. ^ "Tribolonotus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  2. ^ a b "Tribolonotus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Austin CA, Rittmeyer EN, Richards SJ, Zug GR (2010). "Phylogeny, historical biogeography and body size evolution in Pacific Island Crocodile skinks Tribolonotus (Squamata; Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (1): 227–236.
  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Tribolonotus, p. 364).
  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Tribolonotus, new genus, pp. 364–366). (in French).