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:Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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 | ||
red-eyed crocodile skink, red-eyed bush crocodile skink | Tribolonotus gracilis de Rooij, 1909 | New Guinea | |
white-eyed crocodile skink | Tribolonotus novaeguineae | 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 :fr:Allen Eddy Greer|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.