Tribolonotus

Tribolonotus
Tribolonotus gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Tribolonotus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[1]

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]

• Tribolonotus annectens Zweifel, 1966
• Tribolonotus blanchardi Burt, 1930
• Tribolonotus brongersmai Cogger, 1973
• Tribolonotus choiseulensis Rittmeyer & Austin, 2017
• Tribolonotus gracilis de Rooij, 1909 – red-eyed bush crocodile skink
• Tribolonotus novaeguineae (Schlegel, 1834)
• Tribolonotus parkeri Rittmeyer & Austin, 2017
• Tribolonotus ponceleti Kinghorn, 1937*Tribolonotus ponceleti Kinghorn, 1937
• Tribolonotus pseudoponceleti Greer & Parker, 1968
• Tribolonotus schmidti Burt, 1930

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tribolonotus.

References

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).