Cyclodomorphus

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).

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.

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)