Skaskogolovye skinks

Casco-headed skinks ^[1] , or tribolonotus ^[1] ( lat. Tribolonotus ) - a genus of lizards of the skink family.

Skaskogolovye skinks
Tribolonotus gracilis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryotes Kingdom: Animals Kingdom : Eumetazoi No rank : Bilateral symmetrical No rank : Secondary Type of: Chordate Subtype : Vertebrates Infratype : Maxillary Overclass : Tetrapods Grade: Reptiles Subclass : Diapsids Infraclass : Lepidosauromorphs Squadron : Lepidosaurs Squad: Scaly Suborder : Lizards Infrastructure : Skink-like Family: Skink Gender: Skaskogolovye skinks
International scientific name
Tribolonotus Duméril & Bibron , 1839

Species of the genus are found in New Guinea , on the Bismarck archipelago and on the Solomon Islands . A characteristic feature of the morphology of skinks is the presence on the back of one to four rows of triangular and convex scales.

The genus includes the following 10 species ^[2] :

• insular tribolonotus ^[1] ( Tribolonotus annectens )
• bougainville tribolonotus ^[1] ( Tribolonotus blanchardi )
• Tribolonotus brongersma ^[1] ( Tribolonotus brongersmai )
• Tribolonotus choiseulensis
• slender tribolonotus ^[1] ( Tribolonotus gracilis )
• New Guinean Tribolonotus ^[1] ( Tribolonotus novaeguineae )
• Tribolonotus parkeri
• Tribolonotus ponceleti
• Tribolonotus ponceleti
• Tribolonotus pseudoponceleti
• Schmidt tribolonotus ^[1] ( Tribolonotus schmidti )