Tribolonotus


Tribolonotus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as crocodile skinks.

Geographic range

in the genus Tribolonotus are found in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.

Species

The genus includes the following 10 species:
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 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 :fr:Allen Eddy Greer|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.