Tribolonotus
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| Tribolonotus | |
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| Red-eyed crocodile skink (Tribolonotus gracilis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit]Species in the genus Tribolonotus are found in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.[2]
Species
[edit]The genus includes the following 10 species:[2]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| 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 | ||
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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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- 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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