Cyclodomorphus
TaxonCyclodomorphus
AuthorityFitzinger, 1843
Type speciesCyclodus casuarinae
Type species authorityDuméril and Bibron, 1839
Subdivision ranksSpecies
Subdivision9, 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

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Cyclodomorphus branchialis (Günther, 1867)common slender bluetongue, Gunther's skinkAustralia.
Cyclodomorphus casuarinae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)Tasmanian she-oak skink, she-oak skinkTasmania, Australia.
Cyclodomorphus celatus Shea & Miller, 1995western slender blue-tongueWestern Australia
Cyclodomorphus gerrardii (JE Gray, 1845)pink-tongued skink, pink-tongued lizardAustralia
Cyclodomorphus maximus (Storr, 1976)giant slender bluetongueWestern Australia.
Cyclodomorphus melanops (Stirling & Zietz, 1893)Samphire slender bluetongueAustralia.
Cyclodomorphus michaeli Wells & Wellington, 1984mainland she-oak skink, eastern she-oak skinkAustralia (New South Wales south to eastern Victoria)
Cyclodomorphus praealtus Shea, 1995alpine she-oak skink, alpine she-oak slender bluetongueAustralia
Cyclodomorphus venustus Shea & Miller, 1995slender bluetongueeastern Australia.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cyclodomorphus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  • (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)