Tribolonotus

Tribolonotus
Red-eyed crocodile skink (Tribolonotus gracilis)
Scientific classification
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

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.^[2]

Species[]

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 , 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 & , 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[]

Further reading[]

• , , 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).

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