Tribolonotus

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.<ref name="RDB"/>

Species

The genus includes the following 10 species:<ref name="RDB">"Tribolonotus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Zweifel's helmet skink, New Britain spiny skink	Tribolonotus annectens Template:Small	New Britain
	Blanchard's helmet skink	Tribolonotus blanchardi Template:Small	Bougainville and the Solomon Islands
	Admiralty spiny skink, Brongersma's helmet skink	Tribolonotus brongersmai Template:Small	Admiralty Islands
		Tribolonotus choiseulensis Template:Small	Solomon Islands
File:Red-Eyed Crocodile Skink.jpg	red-eyed crocodile skink, red-eyed bush crocodile skink	Tribolonotus gracilis Template:Small	New Guinea
	white-eyed crocodile skink	Tribolonotus novaeguineae Template:Small	Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea
		Tribolonotus parkeri Template:Small	Buka Island
	Giant spiny skink, Poncelet's helmet skink	Tribolonotus ponceleti Template:Small	Solomon Islands
	Western crocodile skink, false Poncelet's helmet skink	Tribolonotus pseudoponceleti Template:Small	Bougainville and Buka
	Schmidt's helmet skink, Schmidt's crocodile skink	Tribolonotus schmidti Template:Small	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.

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).