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