Biology:Cyclodomorphus

Short description: Genus of lizards

Cyclodomorphus
She-oak skink (Cyclodomorphus casuarinae)
Scientific 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). It belongs to the Egernia group which also includes the blue-tongued skinks (Austin & Arnold 2006).

Species

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

• Hemisphaeriodon

References

• 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