Cyclodomorphus

Cyclodomorphus
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 Duméril and Bibron, 1839
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[]

• 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)

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