Tribolonotus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as crocodile skinks.
Geographic range
Species in the genus Tribolonotus are found in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.
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! Image !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Distribution
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| || Zweifel's helmet skink, New Britain spiny skink|| Tribolonotus annectens || New Britain
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| || Blanchard's helmet skink|| Tribolonotus blanchardi ||Bougainville and the Solomon Islands
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| || Admiralty spiny skink, Brongersma's helmet skink|| Tribolonotus brongersmai ||Admiralty Islands
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| || || Tribolonotus choiseulensis || Solomon Islands
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|120px || red-eyed crocodile skink, red-eyed bush crocodile skink|| Tribolonotus gracilis ||New Guinea
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| || white-eyed crocodile skink|| Tribolonotus novaeguineae || Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea
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||| || Tribolonotus parkeri || Buka Island
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|||Giant spiny skink, Poncelet's helmet skink|| Tribolonotus ponceleti ||Solomon Islands
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| || Western crocodile skink, false Poncelet's helmet skink|| Tribolonotus pseudoponceleti ||Bougainville and Buka
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| || Schmidt's helmet skink, Schmidt's crocodile skink|| Tribolonotus schmidti ||Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tribolonotus.
References
Further reading
- 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).