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Cyclodomorphus

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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

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. FamilyScincidae
Observations recorded6,307

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
15
Family
Scincidae
Collections
WAM
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Lygosominae
Image
Mainland She-oak Skink (Cyclodomorphus michaeli) (8397228981).jpg
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endemic to
Australia
taxon author citation
Fitzinger, 1843
Commons category
Cyclodomorphus
taxon name
Cyclodomorphus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Cyclodomorphus
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Encyclopedic overview

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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== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | ||Cyclodomorphus branchialis (Günther, 1867) || common slender bluetongue, Gunther's skink ||Australia. |- |120px ||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 |- |120px ||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. |- |120px ||Cyclodomorphus michaeli Wells & Wellington, 1984 || coastal she-oak slender bluetongue||Australia (New South Wales south to eastern Victoria) |- |120px ||Cyclodomorphus praealtus Shea, 1995 || alpine she-oak skink, alpine she-oak slender bluetongue || Australia |- | ||Cyclodomorphus venustus Shea & Miller, 1995 || slender bluetongue|| eastern Australia. |- |}

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