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However, in nanophotonics their practical application has been severely limited by high inherent losses in plasmonic materials, resulting in the lack of tunability between different topological properties. Here, we utilize the strong dispersion of silicon carbide thin films to realize highly confined surface phonon-polariton skyrmion lattices, which we image via near-field microscopy. We experimentally demonstrate topological tuning between bubble- and N\u00e9el-type skyrmions, a unique advantage that polar dielectrics offer over most existing approaches. Changing the excitation wavelength by only 10% switches the skyrmion type, revealed by examination of the skyrmion number density contrast. Analysis of domain wall size and steepness in analogy to magnetic materials also confirms this transition. 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