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

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]

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

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

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).


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