| Cyclodomorphus | |
|---|---|
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| She-oak skink (Cyclodomorphus casuarinae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Egerniinae |
| Genus: | Cyclodomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Cyclodus casuarinae | |
| 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
- Cyclodomorphus branchialis (Günther, 1867) - common slender bluetongue, Gunther's skink
- Cyclodomorphus casuarinae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) - she-oak slender bluetongue, she-oak skink
- Cyclodomorphus celatus Shea & Miller, 1995 - western slender blue-tongue
- Cyclodomorphus gerrardii (JE Gray, 1845) pink-tongued skink, pink-tongued lizard
- Cyclodomorphus maximus (Storr, 1976) - giant slender bluetongue
- Cyclodomorphus melanops (Stirling & Zietz, 1893) - Samphire slender bluetongue
- Cyclodomorphus michaeli Wells & Wellington, 1984 - coastal she-oak slender bluetongue
- Cyclodomorphus praealtus Shea, 1995 - alpine she-oak skink, alpine she-oak slender bluetongue
- Cyclodomorphus venustus Shea & Miller, 1995 - slender bluetongue
See also
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)