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Cyclodomorphus

Cyclodomorphus
She-oak skink (Cyclodomorphus casuarinae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Egerniinae
Genus: Cyclodomorphus
Fitzinger, 1843
Type species
Cyclodus casuarinae
Duméril and Bibron, 1839
Species

9, see text.

Cyclodomorphus is a genus of small to medium-sized skinks (family Scincidae).[1] It belongs to the Egernia group which also includes the blue-tongued skinks (Austin & Arnold 2006).

Species

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Image Scientific Name Common Name Distribution
Cyclodomorphus branchialis (Günther, 1867) common slender bluetongue, Gunther's skink Australia.
Cyclodomorphus casuarinae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) she-oak slender bluetongue, she-oak skink Tasmania, Australia.
Cyclodomorphus celatus Shea & Miller, 1995 western slender blue-tongue Western Australia
Cyclodomorphus gerrardii (JE Gray, 1845) pink-tongued skink, pink-tongued lizard Australia
Cyclodomorphus maximus (Storr, 1976) giant slender bluetongue Western Australia.
Cyclodomorphus melanops (Stirling & Zietz, 1893) Samphire slender bluetongue Australia.
Cyclodomorphus michaeli Wells & Wellington, 1984 coastal she-oak slender bluetongue Australia (New South Wales south to eastern Victoria)
Cyclodomorphus praealtus Shea, 1995 alpine she-oak skink, alpine she-oak slender bluetongue Australia
Cyclodomorphus venustus Shea & Miller, 1995 slender bluetongue eastern Australia.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cyclodomorphus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  • Austin, J.J. & Arnold, E.N. (2006): Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)


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