Biology:Cyclodomorphus
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Short description: Genus of lizards
| Cyclodomorphus | |
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| She-oak skink (Cyclodomorphus casuarinae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Egerniinae |
| Genus: | Cyclodomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Cyclodus casuarinae Duméril and Bibron, 1839
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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
| Image | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Cyclodomorphus branchialis (Günther, 1867) | common slender bluetongue, Gunther's skink | Australia. | |
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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 | |
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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. | |
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Cyclodomorphus michaeli Wells & Wellington, 1984 | coastal she-oak slender bluetongue | Australia (New South Wales south to eastern Victoria) |
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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
- Hemisphaeriodon
References
- ↑ "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)
Wikidata ☰ Q288945 entry
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